Description originale
Steyermark, J.A. 1965. Rubiaceae. In: Maguire, B. & Collaborators [Eds]. The Botany of the Guayana Highland-Part VI. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden, 12(3): 178-285.

 

Taxonomie
Berry, P. E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B. K. 2004. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Volume 8: Poaceae-Rubiaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. i-xiv + 1-874.

 

Date de publication : Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12(3): 203. 1965.

Type : Suriname, Tafelberg, medium forest between Savannas 4 and 5, frequent, 535 m, 16/08/1944, fleurs mâles. Tree to 10 m, 15 cm diam.; corolla lobes cream-white, tube white. B. Maguire 24393 (HT: NY00131270; IT: A00359383, V0069006F, MO-2049193, P03979878, U0005994 [wood sample: U0293149], VEN26532).
Suriname, Tafelberg, south rim Arrowhead Basin, high forest, frequent, 640 m, 06/09/1944, fleurs mâles. Tree 12 m, 15 cm diam. Flowers white. Maguire 24646 (PT: V0263308F).
Suriname, Tafelberg, km 23, mixed wallaba forest, frequent, 150 m ["440 ft."], 22/09/1944, fleurs mâles. Small tree, flowers white. Maguire 24819 (PT: V0355160F).
Suriname, Tafelberg, Kappelsavanna, 300 m, Kramer & Hekking 3066 (PT: ?).