Selaginella ayitiensis Valdespino
, Willdenowia 49(1): 72 (2019).- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77197844-1
- Publication
- Willdenowia. Mitteilungen aus dem Botanischen Garten und Museum Berlin-Dahlem. Berlin-Dahlem
- Collation
- 49(1): 72
- Date of Publication
- 8 Apr 2019
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Selaginellaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- J.Mickel, T.Zanoni, M.Mejía & J.Pimentel 9308 9308
- Locality
- Dept. Sud-Grand'Anse, Massif de la Hotte, Geffrard, 18 km N of Camp Perrin, on road to Beaumont and Jerémié, 850 m
- Collection Date
- 11 Mar 1983
- Type Herbaria
- holotype NY
isotype PMA - Latitude
- 18° 23' N
- Longitude
- 73° 48' W
- Distribution Of Types
- Haiti (Haiti, Caribbean, Southern America)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.3372/wi.49.49109 The specific epithet derives from the aboriginal Taino word 'Ayiti', meaning land of the high mountains, which was one of the pre-Columbian names for Hispaniola and that is still used in Haitian creole to refer to the country of Haiti.