Bagassa

[Thomas Lammers]

According to Index Kewensis, Bagassa guianensis Aubl. is a member of the
Urticaceae.

At 10:15 PM 3/28/02 -0600, you wrote:
>Has someone an idea of what is Bagassa guianensis.
>Is it a correct actual name ?
>In which family does it belong ?
>It is supposed to be a tree secreting a sap attractive to Acrocinus
>longimanus, a big longhorn beetle (Chemsak in Janzen, 1983).
>
>Thanks for any suggestion,
>
>Jean-Michel.
>
>Dr. Jean-Michel MAES
>MUSEO ENTOMOLOGICO
>AP 527 (Do not use DHL or similar !)
>LEON
>NICARAGUA
>tel 505-3116586 / 505-7794363
>FAX 505-3110126
>jmmaes at ibw.com.ni
>
>www.insectariumvirtual.com/termitero/ (poner click sobre Nicaragua)
>www.museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/database2/honduintro.htm (Scarabaeidae)
>www.windsofkansas.com/nicaragua.html (Odonata)
>www.geocities.com/krislinde/pdf/JMMAES.pdf (bibliografia)

Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Curator of the Herbarium (OSH)
Department of Biology and Microbiology
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901-8640 USA

e-mail:       lammers at uwosh.edu
phone:      920-424-1002
fax:           920-424-1101

Plant systematics; classification, nomenclature, evolution, and biogeography
of the Campanulaceae s. lat.

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