Tachia grandifolia Maguire & Weaver var. grandifolia

• Authority

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

• Family

  Gentianaceae

• Scientific Name

  Tachia grandifolia Maguire & Weaver var. grandifolia

• Description

  Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Low-altitude catinga or sometimes flooded forests or adjacent terra firma, approaches to Serra da la Neblina.

• Discussion

  la. Tachia grandifolia Maguire & Weaver, var grandifolia Type. In catinga forest between Missao Salesiana and Serra Pirapucu [Neblina], Rio Maturaca, Rio Cauaburi-Negro, 400-800 m elev, Amazonas, Brazil, 13 Jan 1966, Nilo T. Silva & Umbelino Brazdo 60824 (holotype NY, isotypes IAN, RB, US, K).