- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:248831-2
- Publication
- Botanical Gazette; Paper of Botanical Notes. Crawfordsville, IN, Chicago, IL
- Collation
- 24(6): 396
- Date of Publication
- Dec 1897
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Apocynaceae
Type Information
- Locality
- & collection: 'Forests of Suerre, Llanuras de Santa Clara, C. R., alt. 900 ft., Apr. 1896, Donn. Sm., no. 6648 PI. Guat., etc., qu. ed. Donn. Sm. — Limoncito y Vuelta, Canas Gordas, C. R., alt. 34GO ft., Feb. 1897, Pittier, no. 11094 herb. Nat. C. R. — Forests of River Naranjo, C. R., alt. 600-8oo ft., March 1893, Tonduz, no. 7645 herb. nat. C. R.'
- Distribution Of Types
- Costa Rica (Central America, Southern America)
Nomenclatural Notes
(as 'Alfari')
Remarks
Eponymy: ‘Named for Sr. Don Anastasio Alfaro, Secretary of the National Museum of Costa Rica, in memory of kind services while his guest at Suerre.’