Schefflera japurensis (Mart. & Zucc. ex Marchal) Harms

  • Filed As

    Araliaceae
    Schefflera japurensis (Mart. & Zucc. ex Marchal) Harms

  • Collector(s)

    B. M. Boom 5854 with A.L. Weitzman, 14 Feb 1985

  • Location

    Venezuela. Amazonas. Río Negro Mun. Neblina Base Camp, Río Mawarinuma.

  • Habitat

    Tierra firme forest.

  • Description

    Tree ca. 15 cm dbh, 15 m tall; non-buttressed, outer bark light brown, hard; inner bark light orange, soft. Sticky, amber exudate; turpene smell from slash. Corolla translucent white, anthers and filaments white. Inflorescence axes light green. Young fruit green. Leaf undersides covered by golden satiny hairs.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    DNA Voucher: Tissue sample removed February 2018 for study by Sarah Hardy & Greg Plunkett. DNA #221

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 03227208

    Occurrence ID: 82d418c7-306f-449b-a76a-124459a5fe16

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Venezuela

  • State/Province

    Amazonas

  • County/Municipio

    Río Negro Mun.

  • Locality

    Neblina Base Camp, Río Mawarinuma

  • Elevation

    Alt. 140 m. (459 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    0.83, -66.17

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The New York Botanical Garden
Venezuela, Amazonas, Dpto. Rio Negro
Cerro de la Neblina Expedition
No. 5854
Araliaceae
Schefflera japurensis
(Mart. & Zucc. ex March.) Harms
det. D. Frodin, 1992
BOTANICAL
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Neblina Base Camp, Rio Mawarinuma, elev.
140 m, 00°50'N, 66°10'W. Terra firme forest.
Tree ca. 15 om dbh, 15 ra tall; non^buttressed,
outer bark light brown, hard; inner bark light
orange, soft. Sticky, amber exudate; turpene
smell from slash. Corolla translucent white,
anthers and filaments white. Inflorescence
axes light green. Young fruit green. Leaf
undersides covered by golden satiny hairs.
B.M. Boom & A.L. Weitzman
14 February 1985
Field work supported by the Fundación para el Desarrollo de las Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas v
Naturales, the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society.
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