IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77319954-1

Publication

Rheedea; Official Journal of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy. Calicut

Collation

32(4): 289

Date of Publication

2022 publ. 2 Mar 2023

Family as entered in IPNI

Melastomataceae

Type Information

Collector Team

K.J.Wurdack, E.A.Tripp, A.Radosavljevic & J.Ralph 5869

Locality

Cuyuni-Marazuni, 2nd and 3rd escarpments (of four) of Kamakusa Mt., upper west-facing slopes below summit, 1330 m

Collection Date

8 Jun 2012

Type Herbaria

holotype NY NY04239396
isotype K K000370697
isotype P P00950851
isotype US

Latitude

5° 52' 55" N

Longitude

60° 6' 35" W

Distribution Of Types

Guyana (Northern South America, Southern America)

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

doi:10.22244/rheedea.2022.32.04.04 Etymology: 'The specifc epithet honors Ken Wurdack, Curator at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution'.