- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60445847-2
- Publication
- Sida; Contributions to Botany. Dallas; Fort Worth, TX
- Collation
- 22(2): 951 (-953, 941-942; fig. 6)
- Date of Publication
- 23 Nov 2006
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Asclepiadaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- E. Marcano [J. J. Jiménez] 4096
- Locality
- Los 3 Ojos de Agua, near Santo Domingo
- Collection Date
- 31 Oct 1959
- Type Herbaria
- holotype US
- Distribution Of Types
- Distrito Nacional (Dominican Republic, Caribbean, Southern America)
Remarks
tymology: the epithet refers to the capitate, door knob-like terminal appendage of the stylar head.