- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77306849-1
- Publication
- Ernstia. Maracay
- Collation
- 24(2): 147
- Date of Publication
- Dec 2014
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Asteraceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- M.Lapp, T.Ruiz-Z, P.Torrecilla & M.Castro 522
- Locality
- Estado Mérida, municipio Andrés Bello, vía San Rafael del Macho, 1880 m
- Collection Date
- 18 Jan 2010
- Type Herbaria
- holotype MY
isotype MER
isotype VEN - Latitude
- 8° 37' 23" N
- Longitude
- 71° 21' 12" W
- Distribution Of Types
- Venezuela (Northern South America, Southern America)
Remarks
Etymology: the specific epithet refers to the white colour of the flowers and 'Xavi' the name of a newborn Venzuelan child, grandson of the author M.Lapp.