Matelea wingfieldii Morillo
, Mem. Fund. La Salle Ci. Nat. 81(190): 75 (2023).
External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77319033-1
- Publication
- Memoria de la Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales
- Collation
- 81(190): 75
- Date of Publication
- 19 Apr 2023
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Asclepiadaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- R. Wingfield & H. van der Werff 3680
- Locality
- Edo. Falcón: Sierra de San Luis, Montaña de Paraguariba, 1400 m
- Collection Date
- 13 Aug 1979
- Type Herbaria
- holotype VEN
- Distribution Of Types
- Venezuela (Northern South America, Southern America)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
Etymology: named in recognition of Robert Wingfield, an experienced investigator of the flora and vegetation of the Edo. Falcón, who collected the type specimen.