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Fungal and Plant Diversity of Central French Guiana
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New Taxa of Flowering Plants Described From Central French Guiana

Scott A. Mori


| ACANTHACEAE | ANACARDIACEAE | APOCYNACEAE | ARACEAE | ASCLEPIADACEAE |
| BIGNONIACEAE | BURMANNIACEAE | BURSERACEAE | CECROPIACEAE | CHRYSOBALANACEAE|
| GESNERIACEAE | LAURACEAE | LECYTHIDACEAE | LOGANIACEAE | MALPIGHIACEAE |
| MARANTACEAE | MELASTOMATACEAE | MELIACEAE | MENISPERMACEAE | MIMOSACEAE |
| MORACEAE | MYRSINACEAE| MYRTACEAE | OCHNACEAE | ORCHIDACEAE | PASSIFLORACEAE |
| PIPERACEAE | RAPATEACEAE | RUBIACEAE | SAPINDACEAE | SAPOTACEAE | SMILACACEAE |
| SOLANACEAE | STERCULIACEAE | VOCHYSIACEAE |


A link on the taxon name leads to a color photograph of the taxon whereas a link on the collector and number leads to information about the type specimen. If a NY photograph of the type exists, for example for all of the Lecythidaceae, a link will be found as part of the specimen information.

Papers in which the protologues of new taxa are published are cited in the references at the end of the table.


ACANTHACEAE

 
Ruellia saülensisWassh.
Coll. Mori et al.23232 Pub. Date: 1995 (Brittonia 47(4): 422) Habit: shrub 

ANACARDIACEAE

 
Tapirira bethanniana J. D. Mitch.
Coll.: Mori & Boom 15253 Pub. Date: 1990 (Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 64: 230) Habit: Tree 
Thyrsodium puberulum J. D. Mitch. & Daly
Coll.: de Granville B.5486 Pub. Date: 1993 (Brittonia 45(2): 122-125) Habit: Tree 

APOCYNACEAE

 
Aspidosperma macrophyllum subsp. morii L. Allorge
Coll.: Mori et al. 19167 Pub. Date: 1991 (Bull. Soc. Bot. France, Lett. Bot. 138(4-5): 274) Habit: Tree 
Note: This species is now considered a synonym of A. schultesii Woodson (1951). 

ARACEAE

 
Philodendron duckei Croat & Grayum
Coll.: de Granville et al. 8894 Pub. Date: 1994 (Novon 4: 213) Habit: Herb 

ASCLEPIADACEAE

 
Matelea gracieae Morillo
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Coll.: Phillipe et al. 26946 Pub. Date: 1998 (Brittonia 50(3): 296-300) Habit: Liana 

BIGNONIACEAE

 
Adenocalymna saülense A. H. Gentry
Coll.: Mori et al. 19192 Pub. Date: 1993 Habit: Liana 

BURMANNIACEAE

 
Thismia saülensis H. Maas & Maas
Coll.: Mori & Gracie 18369 Pub. Date: 1987 Habit: Herb 

BURSERACEAE

 
Protium divaricatum Engl. subsp. fumarium Daly
Coll.: Mori & Pennington 18034 Pub. Date: 1992 Habit: Tree 
Protium inodorum Daly
Coll.: Mori & Boom 15302 Pub. Date: 1998 Habit: Tree 

CECROPIACEAE

 
Pourouma saülensis C. C. Berg
Coll.: Oldeman B.4132 Pub. Date: 1982 Habit: Tree 

CHRYSOBALANACEAE

 
Licania granvillei Prance
Coll.: Mori & Boom 14764 Pub. Date: 1986 Habit: Tree 

GESNERIACEAE

 
Besleria maasii Wiehler
Coll.: Wiehler 78132 Pub. Date: 1978 Habit: Subshrub 
Drymonia psila Leeuwenb.
Coll.: de Granville 2000 Pub. Date: 1980 Habit: Herb
Note: This is a later homonym of Drymonia psila D. N. Gibson. Drymonia psilocalyx Leeuwenb. was published to correct the error (Leeuwenberg, 1981). 

LAURACEAE

 
Aiouea opaca van der Werff
Coll. Mori et al. 20928 Pub. Date: 1995 Habit: Tree
Aiouea longipetiolata van der Werff
Coll.: Mori et al. 20758 Pub. Date: 1994 Habit: Tree
Beilschmiedia hexanthera van der Werff
Coll.: van der Werff et al. 12951 Pub. Date: 1995 Habit: Tree
Rhodostemonodaphne elephantopus Madriñán
Coll.: Mori et al. 20774 Pub. Date: 1996 Habit: Tree
Rhodostemonodaphne leptoclada Madriñán
Coll.: Mori et al. 14899 Pub. Date: 1996 Habit: Tree
Rhodostemonodaphne morii Madriñan
Coll.: Mori et al. 20850 Pub. Date: 1996 Habit: Tree
Rhodostemonodaphne rufovirgata Madriñán
Coll.: Boom & Mori 1811 Pub. Date: 1996 Habit: Tree
Rhodostemonodaphne saülensis Madriñán
Coll.: Mori et al. 15014 Pub. Date: 1996 Habit: Tree 

LECYTHIDACEAE

 
Corythophora rimosa W. A. Rodrigues subsp. rubra S. A. Mori 
Coll.: Mori & Boom 14746 Pub. Date: 1987 Habit: Tree
Eschweilera piresii S. A. Mori subsp. piresii
Coll.: Mori et al. 20800 Pub. Date: 1990 Habit: Tree
Eschweilera squamata S. A. Mori 
Coll.: Mori & Boom 15288 Pub. Date: 1987 Habit: Tree
Lecythis persistens Sagot subsp. aurantiaca S. A. Mori 
Coll.: Mori et al. 15075 Pub. Date: 1987 Habit: Tree 

LOGANIACEAE

 
Strychnos cayennensis Krukoff & Barneby
Coll.: Oldeman 1988 Pub. Date: 1973 Habit: Liana 

MALPIGHIACEAE

 
Banisteriopsis carolina W. R. Anderson
Coll.: Mori et al. 24784  Pub. Date: 1999 Habit: Liana
Hiraea gracieana W. R. Anderson
Coll.: Mori et al. 22751 Pub. Date: 1994 Habit: Liana
Hiraea morii W. R. Anderson
Coll.: Mori & Pipoly 15619 Pub. Date: 1994 Habit: Liana
Mezia angelica W. R. Anderson
Coll.: Mori et al. 20945 Pub. Date: 1997 Habit: Liana 

MARANTACEAE

 
Calathea maasiorum H. Kennedy
Coll.: Mori et al. 22909 Pub. Date: 1995 Habit: Herb 

MELASTOMATACEAE

 
Bellucia subrotundifolia Wurdack
Coll.: De Jong 2 Pub. Date: 1980 Habit: Tree
Note: Now considered Loreya subrotundifolia (Wurdack) S. S. Renner.
Clidemia saulensis Wurdack
Coll.: de Granville 2787 Pub. Date: 1980 Habit: Shrub 
Ernestia granvillei Wurdack
Coll.: de Granville 3032 Pub. Date: 1980 Habit: Shrub 
Macrocentrum latifolium Wurdack
Coll.: de Granville 3035 Pub. Date: 1980 Habit: Herb 

MELIACEAE

 
Guarea michel-moddei T. D. Penn. & S. A. Mori
Coll.: Mori et al. 20963 Pub. Date: 1993 Habit: Treelet 

MENISPERMACEAE

 
Disciphania moriorum Barneby
Coll.: Mori & Gracie 23980 Pub. Date: 1996 Habit: Liana
Elephantomene eburnea Barneby & Krukoff
Coll.: Oldeman B.3925 Pub. Date: 1974 Habit: Liana 

MIMOSACEAE

 
Stryphnodendron moricolor Barneby & J. W. Grimes
Coll.: Mori & Boom 15236 Pub. Date: 1984 Habit: Tree 

MORACEAE

 
Ficus leiophylla C. C. Berg
Coll.: de Granville & Kahn 5410 Pub. Date: 1984 Habit: Tree 

MYRSINACEAE

 
Stylogyne incognita Pipoly
Coll.: de Granville et al. 8401 Pub. Date: 1999 Habit: Subshrub 

MYRTACEAE

 
Calyptranthes bracteata M.L. Kawas. & B. Holst
Coll.: de Granville 5482 Pub. Date: 1994 Habit: Tree 
Eugenia gongylocarpa M. L. Kawas. & B. Holst
Coll.: Mori & Pipoly 15554 Pub. Date: 1994 Habit: Tree 
Eugenia morii B. Holst & M. L. Kawas.
Coll.: Mori & Boom 14900 Pub. Date: 2000 Habit: Tree 
Myrcia rupta M. L. Kawas. & B. Holst
Coll.: Cremers 11606 Pub. Date: 1994 Habit: Tree 

OCHNACEAE

 
Ouratea saülensis Sastre
Coll.: Mori et al. 14889 Pub. Date: 1993 Habit: Shrub 
Ouratea scottii Sastre
Coll.: Mori et al. 14927 Pub. Date: 1994 Habit: Tree 

ORCHIDACEAE

 
Cochleanthes guianensis A. Lafontaine, G. Gerlach & K. Senghas
Coll.: Lafontaine 0-20030 Pub. Date: 1991 Habit: Herb
Degranvillea dermaptera Determann
Coll.: Determann 66 Pub. Date: 1985 Habit: Herb
Epidendrum oldemanii Christenson
Coll.: Mori et al. 22915 Pub. Date: 1994 Habit: Herb
Scelochilus ecalcaratus Determann
Coll.: Determann 106 Pub. Date: 1982 Habit: Herb 



PASSIFLORACEAE

 
Passiflora saulensis C. Feuillet
Coll.: Boo 10861  Pub. Date: 2002 Habit: Liana

PIPERACEAE

 
Peperomia gracieana Görts
Coll.: Mori et al. 23773 Pub. Date: 1998 Habit: Herb 

RAPATEACEAE

 
Rapatea saülensis B. M. Boom
Coll.: Cremers et al. 12998 Pub. Date: 1994 Habit: Herb 

RUBIACEAE

 
Coussarea granvillei Deprete & B. M. Boom
Coll.: de Granville B.4744 Pub. Date: 1999 Habit: Shrub 
Psychotria alloantha Steyerm.
Coll.: de Granville 3127 Pub. Date: 1984 Habit: Shrub 
Psychotria galbaoensis Steyerm.
Coll.: de Granville 2383 Pub. Date: 1981 Habit: Shrub
Note: Now considered a synonym of P. carapichea (Poir.) Delprete (Delprete, in press). 
Psychotria granvillei Steyerm.
Coll.: de Granville 2353 Pub. Date: 1981 Habit: Shrub
Psychotria lateralis Steyerm.
Coll.: de Granville 2360 Pub. Date: 1981 Habit: Herb
Psychotria microbracteata Steyerm.
Coll.: de Granville 2362 Pub. Date: 1981 Habit: Herb
Psychotria perferruginea Steyerm.
Coll.: de Granville B.4640 Pub. Date: 1981 Habit: Treelet
Psychotria saulensis Steyerm.
Coll.: de Granville 2361 Pub. Date: 1981 Habit: Herb
Psychotria urceolata Steyerm.
Coll.: de Granville 2393 Pub. Date: 1981 Habit: Shrub
Psychotria viridibractea Steyerm.
Coll.: de Granville 2793 Pub. Date: 1984 Habit: Shrub 

SAPINDACEAE

 
Talisia glandulifera Steyermark
Coll.: Mori et al. 15027 Pub. Date: 1988 Habit: Tree
Note: This species is considered a synonym of T. hemidasya Radlk. 
Paullinia lingulata Acev.-Rodr.
Coll.: Mori et al. 22901 Pub. Date: 1998 Habit: Liana 

SAPOTACEAE

 
Micropholis obscura T. D. Penn.
Coll.: Mori & Boom 14784 Pub. Date: 1990 Habit: Tree
Pouteria retinervis T. D. Penn.
Coll.: Mori & Boom 15239 Pub. Date: 1990 Habit: Tree 

SMILACACEAE

 
Smilax saülensis J. D. Mitch.
Coll.: Mori 18594 Pub. Date: 1994 Habit: Liana 

SOLANACEAE

 
Cyphomandra endopogon Bitler subsp. guianensis Bohs
Coll.: Mori & Boom 14709 Pub. Date: 1994 Habit: Tree
Solanum morii S. Knapp
Coll.: Mori et al. 19213 Pub. Date: 1992 Habit: Shrub 

STERCULIACEAE

 
Byttneria morii L. C. Barnett & Dorr
Coll.: Mori et al. 19160 Pub. Date: 1990 Habit: Tree 

VOCHYSIACEAE

 
Qualea mori-boomii Marc.-Berti
Coll.: Mori & Boom 15225 Pub. Date: 1989 Habit: Tree 

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