Posoqueria coriacea Galeotti & C.Mart. subsp. coriacea

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Rubiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Posoqueria coriacea Galeotti & C.Mart. subsp. coriacea

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Southern Mexico and Central America, at elevations of 665-2370 meters. MEXICO. Chiapas: Mt. Ovando, alt 1260-2370 m, Matuda 2552. GUATEMALA. Pansamala, Alta Verapaz, Tuerckheim 1252; near Finca Sepa-cuite, Alta Verapaz, Cook & Griggs 532, slopes of Volcan Atitlan, above Finca Moca, Dept, Solola, alt 1000-1500 m, Steyermark 47889. COSTA RICA, vicinity of El General, Prov. San Jose, alt 975 m, Skutch 2805.

  • Discussion

    Posoqueria coriacea Mart. & Gal., Bull. Acad. Bruxelles 11: 240. 1844.

    Type. Oaxaca, Mexico, at 665-1065 m alt. Galeotti 1580.

    The Mexican and Central American plants have smaller calyx-lobes which are more minutely ciliolate than those of South America.

  • Distribution

    Southern Mexico and Central America, at elevations of 665-2370 meters.

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