- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330514-2
- Publication
- Nova Genera et Species Plantarum
- Collation
- 5(23): 400 (-401) (ed. qto.)
- Date of Publication
- 24 Mar 1823
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Polygalaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- A.J.A.Bonpland,F.W.H.A.Humboldt 1153
- Locality
- Crescit prope Esmeralda Orinocensium; item in ripa fluminis Magdalenae, juxta Honda, locis humidis.
- Type Herbaria
- null P
isotype B-W - Distribution Of Types
- Venezuela (Northern South America, Southern America)
Remarks
Although the epithet glochidiata (stem: glochidi-; genitive: glochidii) has been widely used, Kunth seems to have derived his epithet from glochis (genitive: glochidis).