- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60445844-2
- Publication
- Sida; Contributions to Botany. Dallas; Fort Worth, TX
- Collation
- 22(2): 942 (941-944; fig. 1)
- Date of Publication
- 23 Nov 2006
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Asclepiadaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- E. L. Ekman H9740
- Locality
- Ile la Tortue, la Vallée, top of Morne Bar- ranca, alt. ca. 300 m
- Collection Date
- 21 Mar 1928
- Type Herbaria
- holotype S
- Distribution Of Types
- Haiti (Caribbean, Southern America)
Remarks
Etymology: the specific epithet refers to the conspicuous, clavate, terminal stylar head appendage.