- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60453370-2
- Publication
- Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. Fort Worth, Texas
- Collation
- 3(2): 588 (591; fig. 4)
- Date of Publication
- 25 Nov 2009
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Gesneriaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- R.L. Liesner & G. Carnevali 22679
- Locality
- Cerro Aracamuni, summit, Proa Camp, in ravines and near edge of tepui, alt. 1400 m
- Collection Date
- 31 Oct 1987
- Type Herbaria
- holotype US
isotype MO - Latitude
- 1° 32' N
- Longitude
- 65° 49' W
- Distribution Of Types
- Rio Negro (Amazonas, Venezuela, Northern South America, Southern America)
Remarks
Etymology: This species is named tepui, a noun in apposition, after the location of the three known collections at the summit or on the slopes of a tepui.