[1068] Miconia kappleri Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 16: 162 (Naudin 1851), “ Kapplerii ”. — Acinodendron kappleri (Naudin) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 951 [5 Nov. 1891] (Kuntze 1891), “ Acinodendrum ”. NOTE. — Auguste Kappler is known as a collector of plants from Suriname, not from French Guiana. Yet, as the original label of the type indicates (“ Ad fl. Carouany ”), he collected it near the Acarouany, a small French Guianan river located a few kilometers from the border with Suriname. VERNACULAR NAMES. — Wp: amutu’ɨ, mutu’ɨ, wamutu’ɨ. HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 14 collections at CAY. Sel. exs.: A. Kappler 1675 (holo-, P[P02442360]; iso-, GOET[GOET008001], P[P02442361, P02442362]). SIZE. — Up to 10 m tall (Wurdack et al. 1993).

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 564, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2022v44a26, http://zenodo.org/record/7458777