[214] Protium surinamense Byng & Christenh. Global Fl. 4: 134 [9 Feb. 2018] (Byng & Christenhusz 2018). — Hedwigia hostmannii Engl., Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 97 [Mar. 1883] (Engler 1883). — Tetragastris hostmannii (Engl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 106 [5 Nov. 1891] (Kuntze 1891). NOTES. — Known only from the Guiana Shield. One of five species whose relative density in tree communities likely indicative of preColumbian archeological sites in French Guiana (Molino et al. 2021). VERNACULAR NAMES. — Pa: ahuwahu, auwau • Ka: pɨlɨka, wɨpɨtano pɨlɨka • Wp: yaya’ɨ, yaya’ɨsĩ• Cr: bois-yaya, yaya. HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 25 collections at CAY. Sel. exs.: D. Sabatier & M.-F. Prévost 1354. INVENTORY DATA (FG). — 67 trees in 38 plots; Fmax <1 %; dbhinv = 59 cm.

Published as part of Molino, Jean-François, Sabatier, Daniel, Grenand, Pierre, Engel, Julien, Frame, Dawn, Delprete, Piero G., Fleury, Marie, Odonne, Guillaume, Davy, Damien, Lucas, Eve J. & Martin, Claire A., 2022, An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature, pp. 345-903 in Adansonia (3) (3) 44 (26) on page 405, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2022v44a26, http://zenodo.org/record/7458777