Cnidoscolus urens (L.) Arthur

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F. J. FERNÁNDEZ CASAS (ex MA, sed nunc in MO), 05-IX-2001
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FLORA OF GUYANA
Institute of systematic botany, Utrecht (U)
Cnidoscolus urens (L*)Arthus
Leg.: P.J.M. Maas & L.Y.Th. Westra* No.: ¿f0^6
d.d.: 27-X-1979 Det.:W. Punt XII-1979
Hab.: Rupununi Distr., Chaakoitou, near
Mountain Point, just S of Kanuku Mts.
(2°56’ N - 59°40'W)
On rock, near Tutuwau Falls.
Spreading shrub, to ca. 1 a high,
with stinging stiff hairs, copious
white latex in branchlets, perianth
white
EUPH.
* In collaboration with W. Driehuis and
the students E. Eetgerink, R. van Leeuwen,
H. Persoon, H. Snuverink and A. Timmerman.
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