- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60448390-2
- Publication
- Novon; a Journal for Botanical Nomenclature. St. Louis, MO
- Collation
- 18(1): 1 (-3; fig. 1)
- Date of Publication
- 27 Feb 2008
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Brassicaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- A. F. Fuentes, M. Mendoza, M. C. Lopez & R. Roque 10076
- Locality
- Prov. Franz Tamayo: ANMI [Area Natural de Manejo Integrado] Apolobamba, Piara hacia Pelechuco, bosque de yungas montano superior pluvial transicionando a ceja de monte, alt. 2700–2900 m
- Collection Date
- 17 Apr 2006
- Type Herbaria
- holotype MO
isotype LPB
isotype MO - Latitude
- 14° 47' 48" S
- Longitude
- 69° 52" W
- Distribution Of Types
- La Paz (Bolivia, Western South America, Southern America)
Remarks
Polypsecadium apolobamba ... is described and illustrated. It is readily distinguished from the other Bolivian species P. harmsianum (Muschler) O. E. Schulz by having uniseriate seeds, pilose leaves, and longer fruits, and from P. rusbyi (Britton) Al-Shehbaz by having shorter non-torulose fruits, smaller petals, and shorter and curved fruiting pedicels. (vide abstract). Etymology. The species epithet “apolobamba,” named after the Bolivian Apolobamba Mountain Range, is a noun used in apposition