Stomatochaeta cymbifolia (S.F.Blake) Maguire & Wurdack

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1957. The Botany of the Guiana Highland -- Part II. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 9 (3): 235-392.

  • Family

    Asteraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Stomatochaeta cymbifolia (S.F.Blake) Maguire & Wurdack

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Known only by the type from Auyan-tepui and from the nearby Chimanta-tepui, where the small shrub is generally distributed on the cumbre above 2000 m altitude. Obviously most closely related to S. condensata.

  • Discussion

    Stenopadus cymbifolius Blake, Brittonia 3:201. 1939.

    TYPE: Auyan-tepui, at 2200 m altitude, Edo. Bolivar, Venezuela, December 1937-January 1938, Tate 1322 (NY).

  • Distribution

    Distribution. Known only by the type from Auyan-tepui and from the nearby Chimanta-tepui, where the small shrub is generally distributed on the cumbre above 2000 m altitude. Obviously most closely related to S. condensata.

    Venezuela South America|