Schefflera pedicellata (Ruiz & Pav.) Harms

  • Filed As

    Araliaceae
    Schefflera pedicellata (Ruiz & Pav.) Harms

  • Collector(s)

    T. R. Dudley 10572, 28 Jun 1968

  • Location

    Peru. Camp 2 1/2, c. 14 km. walking distance NE from Hacienda Luisiana and the Apurimac River.

  • Habitat

    Dense cloud forest.

  • Description

    A heavy liana (?), high-climbing epiphyte (?) (possibly terrestrial) twining around trunk of 10567; indivicual stems 3-5 in. in diam., ultimate stem greenish-yellow; lvs. glossy, dark green, often attaining 2'x2', young lvs. deep red; terminal inflor. up to 3 ft. long and wide or sometimes larger; fl. purplish aging yellowish green; fr. purplish; inflor., peduncles, pedicels purplish brown. Common in dense cloud forest at Camp 2 1/2.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02713213

    Occurrence ID: 136dd1d0-5ec2-4b4f-aca5-5c26faf5cfd0

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Peru

  • Locality

    Camp 2 1/2, c. 14 km. walking distance NE from Hacienda Luisiana and the Apurimac River.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1730 m. (5676 ft.)

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Aral.
10572. Schefflera pedicellata (R. & p.)
Harms
det. Donald R. Simpson 1970
U. S. NATIONAL ARBORETUM HERBARIUM, WASHINGTON, D. C.
PLANTS OF PERU
National Geographic Society Expedition
to the Cordillera Vilcabamba, 1968
Province La Convención; Dept. Cuzco;73°30';12°30
10572 Araliaceae
A heavy liana (?), high=climbing epiphyte (?)
(possibly terrestrial) twining around trunk
of 10567; individual stems 3-5 in. in diam.,
ultimate stem greenish-yellow; Ivs. glossy,
dark green, often attaining 2T x 2’, young Ivs.
deep red; terminal inflor. up to 3 ft. long
and wide or sometimes larger; fl. purplish
aging yellowish green; fr. purplish; inflor.,
peduncles, pedicels purplish brown.
Common in dense cloud forest at Camp 2§, 1730
meters, c. 14 km. walking distance NE from
Hacienda Luisiana and the Apurimac River.
coll. X- R. Dudley,	28 June 1968
HERBARIUM, U.S. NATIONAL ARBORETUM, WASHINGTON, D.C.
02713213