External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77330134-1
- Publication
- Brittonia; a Series of Botanical Papers. New York, NY
- Collation
- 75(3): 324
- Date of Publication
- 24 Jul 2023
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Lecythidaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- J. Batista & E. González 1539
- Locality
- Colón: Distrito de Donoso, Huella del proyecto Minera Cobre Panamá, Presa Este, entrando por Posa de sedimentación 5, 141 m
- Collection Date
- 19 Feb 2016
- Type Herbaria
- holotype PMA 129709; 129710; 129689
isotype NY - Latitude
- 8° 51' 37" N
- Longitude
- 80° 38' 53" W
- Distribution Of Types
- Panama (Central America, Southern America)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.1007/s12228-023-09752-0 Etymology: name because it is a canopy tree or emergent; the sight of this tree in the mountains is imposing and magnificent, with its great buttresses and large leaves and huge inflorescences, flowers, and infructescence.