Macrocarpaea bracteata Ewan

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1978. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part XI. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 32: 1-391.

  • Family

    Gentianaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Macrocarpaea bracteata Ewan

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. VENEZUELA. Estado Lara, Los Apostentos: Steyermark 55224 (holotype US); wet meadow. Las Sabanetas, 2400-2500 m, 5 Feb 1944, Steyermark 55287 (F, NY).

  • Discussion

    Macrocarpaea bracteata Ewan, Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. 29: 236, pl. 5. 1948. Type. In moist cloud forest, Palajosco, above Los Apostentos, Estado Lara, Venezuela, 2400-2500 m, 4 Feb 1944, Julian A . Steyermark 55224 (holotype US). Ewan (1948) relates Macrocarpaea bracteata to the Peruvian M. stenophylla of his sect Magnifoliae. Apparently in neither of the cited collections is adequate flowering material available.

  • Distribution

    Distribution. VENEZUELA. Estado Lara, Los Apostentos: Steyermark 55224 (holotype US); wet meadow. Las Sabanetas, 2400-2500 m, 5 Feb 1944, Steyermark 55287 (F, NY).

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