Dichorisandra rhizantha Aona

, Phytotaxa 538(3): 258 (2022).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77295785-1
Publication
Phytotaxa
Collation
538(3): 258
Date of Publication
8 Mar 2022
Family as entered in IPNI
Commelinaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
L.Y.S.Aona et al. 5921
Locality
Cruz das Almas, Mata da Cazuzinha
Collection Date
5 Jan 2021
Type Herbaria
holotype HURB
isotype ALCB
isotype UEC
Latitude
12° 40' 1" S
Longitude
39° 6' 26" W
Distribution Of Types
Bahia (Brazil Northeast, Brazil, Southern America)

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.538.3.9 Etymology: 'The specific epithet is a reference to the characteristic flowering branches arising directly from the rhizome apparently perforating the sheaths of the leaves on the axillary branches, with leaves absent or with only a few developing later'.