- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:33380-2
- Publication
- Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. New York
- Collation
- 72(4): 387
- Date of Publication
- 3 Jul 1945
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Melastomataceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- J. Cuatrecasas 15180
- Locality
- Cordillera Occidental, vertiente occidental: Hoya del río Digua, lado izquierdo: Piedra de Moler.
- Type Herbaria
- holotype NY
- Distribution Of Types
- Valle del Cauca (Colombia, Western South America, Southern America)
Nomenclatural Notes
( Cuatrecasii)
Remarks
Eponymy: José Cuatrecasas (1903-1996)