Description originale : 241.
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lex].
Macrolaurus Loes. spec. nova. [...]
Tab. XV. fig. 1. Habitus, 1 : 1; fig. 2. folii basis, facies inferior, 1 : 1.
Habitat in Ecuador prope Panure ad flumen Rio dos Uaupes: Spruce n. 2494. - Flor.: Oct. - Jan. (V. s. in herb. Kew).
Obs. Species pulcherrima foliis magnis distincta
I. Laureolae Triana affinis, quae praecipue fol. minoribus tantum usque 14 cm longis costa subtus tantum prominente vel prominula recedit.
Type : Brésil, Amazonas, rio Vaupés, inundated rocks at the Falls of Panuré, 10/1852-01/1853, fleurs mâles. Spreading tree 30 ft. Fls. white. R. Spruce 2494 (HT:
K000588668 [ex hb. Hook.]; IT:
K000588667 [ex hb. Benth.],
P02142236 [ex hb. Drake.]).