Macrocarpaea umerulus J.R.Grant

, Harvard Pap. Bot. 9(2): 330 (-331; fig. 10E-G, K-M) (2005).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60439746-2
Publication
Harvard Papers in Botany. Cambridge, MA
Collation
9(2): 330 (-331; fig. 10E-G, K-M)
Date of Publication
May 2005
Family as entered in IPNI
Gentianaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
P. J. Grubb, B. A. B. Curry & A. Fernandez-Preez 708
Locality
Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, in cloud forest near Bocota, by path to Bachira, alt. 2200 m
Collection Date
25 Aug 1957
Type Herbaria
holotype US
isotype COL
isotype K
Distribution Of Types
Boyacá (Colombia, Western South America, Southern America)

Remarks

specific epithet umerulus (= a little shoulder), used as a noun in apposition, alludes to the nodding nature of the fruit pedicel.