Mabea longibracteata Esser

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Venezuela

• State/Province

  Amazonas

• County/Municipio

  Río Negro Mun.

• Locality

  Along Rio Baria (=Rio Mawarinuma) just upstream from Base Camp, SW side of Cerro de la Neblina

• Elevation

  Alt. 140 m. (459 ft.)

• Coordinates

  0.8306, -66.1611

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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Mabea longibracteata Esser (Paratype)
rev. H.-J. Esser	Hamburg
The New York Botanical Garden
Venezuela, Amazonas, Dpto. Rio Negro
Cerro de la Neblina Expedition
Mabea cf. caudata Pax & Hoffm.
det. M. J. Huft, 1987
Along Rio Baria (=Rio Mawarinuma) just
upstream from Base Camp, SW side of Cerro de
la Neblina.
00°4SM50"N, 66°09'40mW	alt. 140 m.
Tropical lowland evergreen forest along
gravelly and silty banks of river.
Small tree, 6 m. tall, 10 cm. in diameter;
sap milky. Fruit hanging, pale green, prob-
ably full size or nearly so, dehiscing during
drying but none seen open on tree.
Coll.: M. Nee 30884	16 Feb. 1985
1993
I >3
S.P*
3s"
Field work supported by the Fundación para el Desarrollo de las Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y
Naturales, the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society.
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