Little has been known of this curious caatinga species of 
Micrandra. The collection Allen 3068 has been cited and its 
notes quoted in full because of their significance to our under- 
standing of the genus. 
VERNACULAR NAMES REPORTED FOR MICRANDRA 
arara-seringa Rio Vaupes, Brazil and Colombia M. minor; 
M. siphonioides 
arvore de mammora_ Rio Parana, Brazil M. 
elata 
bartabalie balli (Arawak) Dutch Guiana M. elata 
boo-ha-wa-puch (Tukano) Rio  Vaupés, Colombia M. 
Rossiana 
bo-wapuch (Tukano) Rio Vaupes, Colombia M. Rossiana 
bu-ha-wak-puh (Tukano) Rio Papuri, Colombia M. Rossiana 
caucho Rio Caura, Venezuela M. minor 
caucho de guaco Territorio Federal, Venezuela M. minor and/ 
or M. siphonioides 
caucho de invierno Territorio Federal, Venezuela M. Minor 
and/or M. siphonioides 
caucho kunudi (Maquiretare) Rio Orinoco, Venezuela M. si- 
phonioides 
cauchorana’ Rio Solim6ées, Brazil M. minor; M. siphonioides 
caucho tomoro Rio Caura, Venezuela M. siphonioides 
cunuri Amazonas, Brazil and Colombia M. Spruceana 
cunuri da caatinga Amazonas, Brazil M. Sprucei 
efacone (Witoto?) Rio Igaraparana, Colombia M. minor 
huermega (Witoto) Rio Igaraparana, Colombia M. minor 
ka-ro-a (Yukuna) Rio Miritiparana, Colombia M. siphoni- 
oides 
koedi biose balli (Arawak) Dutch Guiana M. elata 
ko-no-ko (Mirana) Rio Caqueta, Colombia M. Spruceana 
ma-ha-puch (Tukano) Rio Vaupes, Colombia M. minor 
ma-ha‘puh (Tukano) Rio Vaupes, Colombia M. minor 
ma-ha-ree (Taiwano) Rio Kananari, Colombia M. minor 
ma-ha-wa-he (“macaw seed”) (Makuna) Rio Piraparana, 
Colombia M. minor 
ma-ha-wa-ho (“macaw seed”) (Barasana) Rio Piraparana, 
Colombia M. minor 
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