Rondeletia purdiei Hook.f.

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1967. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part VII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17: 1-439.

  • Family

    Rubiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Rondeletia purdiei Hook.f.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Foothills of the Cordillera de Santa Marta in Dept. Magdalena and region of Cartagena, Dept. Bolivar, northern Colombia, at low elevations up to 400 m. A specimen collected at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad (Mell) may be cultivated. COLOMBIA. Magdalena: edge of savannah, 10 km N of Codazzi, alt 120 m, Haught 3782; near Rio Frio, foothills of Cordillera de Santa Marta, Pittier 1721; Alto de Minas, between Valledupur and Fundacion, alt ca 400 m, Haught 8907; Bolivar: vicinity of Cartagena, Bro. Heriberto 87.

  • Discussion

    Type. Lower mount, Santa Marta, Colombia, Purdie sn.

  • Distribution

    Foothills of the Cordillera de Santa Marta in Dept. Magdalena and region of Cartagena, Dept. Bolivar, northern Colombia, at low elevations up to 400 m. A specimen collected at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad (Mell) may be cultivated.

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