IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77191681-1

Publication

Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. Fort Worth, Texas

Collation

12(1): 124

Date of Publication

20 Jul 2018

Family as entered in IPNI

Marantaceae

Type Information

Collector Team

B.Berlin 947

Locality

Amazonas: Condorcanqui, Río Cenapa region, near Yuwi inci Creek, 6 hour walk from the Pongo Mori, Río Comaina, on trail to Kusu (Río Numpatakai), primary forest, 1700–2000 ft

Collection Date

11 Mar 1973

Type Herbaria

holotype MO 2426912

Latitude

4° 27' S

Longitude

78° 13' W

Distribution Of Types

Peru (Western South America, Southern America)

Remarks

The specific epithet is taken from the Aguaruna (Indigenous people) common name for this plant. Brent Berlin, anthropologist at the University of Georgia, commented: 'The Aguaruna generic name is yawánkam. The specific epithet is mujáya (meaning ‘of the forest, mountain’)'.