- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60445846-2
- Publication
- Sida; Contributions to Botany. Dallas; Fort Worth, TX
- Collation
- 22(2): 949 (-951, 941-942; fig. 5)
- Date of Publication
- 23 Nov 2006
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Asclepiadaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- E. L. Ekman H14296
- Locality
- Valle del Cibao, Santiago, Hato del Yaque, in thickets
- Collection Date
- 15 Feb 1930
- Type Herbaria
- holotype S
- Distribution Of Types
- Santiago (Dominican Republic, Caribbean, Southern America)
Remarks
Etymology: the specific epithet refers to the obelisk-shaped or snout-like terminal appendage of the stylar head.