TAXONOMIC AND FLORISTIC NOTES 
Micrandra elata (Didr.) Mueller-Argoviensis in Linnaea 34 
(1865)) 142. 
Micrandra_ bracteosa Mueller-Argoviensis in Martius FI. 
Bras. 11 (1873) 290. 
Micrandra Glaziovii Pax in Engler Pflanzenr. iv, 147 1910 
Euphorbiaceae-Jatropheae) 20. 
Micrandra brownsbergensis Lanjouw, Euphorbiaceae of Suri- 
nam (1931) 34, t. 7, 8. 
Micrandra santanderensis Croizat in Journ. Arn. Arb. 24 
(1943) 169. 
BRAZIL: Sao Paulo, Mogy das Cruzes, in forest. 1876-77. 
A. Glaziou 1847a (M. Glaziovii TYPUS). Sao Paulo, Araracuara. Sep- 
tember 18, 1888. 
Loefgren 920. Bahia. Martius s.n. (M. bracteosae TYPUS). Rio Parana. 
July 1834. Riedel 23 (M. elatae TYPUS). 
COLOMBIA: Departamento de Santander, Barranca Bermeja, between 
Sogomoso and Carare Rivers. Alt. 100 m. October 9, 1936. O. Haught 2011. 
~— Between Carare and Magdalena River, Puerto Berrio, Dorado Creek, 
5 km. south of Raizubo. April 30, 1937. Haught 2189 (M. santanderensis 
TYPUS). 
FRENCH GUIANA: Montagne de Kaw. Alt. 250-270 m. “Tree 7 m. tall. Fls. pale 
green. Fruit green. Occasional in forest on bauxite.” December 14, 1954. R. 
S. Cowan 38815. 
PERU: Departamento del Loreto, Provincia de Maynas, Iquitos, Rio Nanay, 
Picuruyacu. Alt. c. 150-180 m. “Sandy upland, partially disturbed forest. 20 
m. Fr. green. Sap milky.” September 24, 1975. S. McDaniel et M. Rimachi 
Y. 20204. —— Iquitos, Rio Nanay, Carreterado Picuruyacu. Alt. c. 150-180 
m. “Upland. 10 m. Sap white. Fr. black. Shiringarana.” March 16, 1976. S. 
McDaniel, M. Rimachi Y. et J. Folsom 20533. 
SURINAM: Surinam River, Brownsberg Forest Reserve. Tree No. 1146. HBW 
No. 6687, October 31, 1924, FLORIS TYPUS; HBW No. 4267, February 
24, 1919, FRUCTUS TYPUS. 
It is clear that these four binomials are referable to the widely 
distributed Micrandra elata. Although the species is most 
abundant along the coastal regions of Brazil and the Guianas, it 
has appeared in the Magdalena Valley of Colombia (from which 
locality is was described as a distinct species) and has recently 
been found far inland in the Estado do Para in Brazil and as far 
west as Iquitos, Peru. This representation of Micrandra in the 
Departamento de Santander in Colombia is the only record of 
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