Taxon Details: Tococa pterocalyx Spruce
Taxon Profile:
Narratives:
Family:
Melastomataceae (Magnoliophyta)
Melastomataceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:
Tococa pterocalyx Spruce
Tococa pterocalyx Spruce
Description:
Description Author and Date: Fabian A. Michelangeli, January 2010, based on Michelangeli, F. A. (2005). Tococa (Melastomataceae). Flora Neotropica Monographs 98: 1-114.
Nomenclature remarks: Nomen nudum = Tococa stephanotricha
Taxonomy and Systematics: Spruce 4256 was annotated by Spruce as "Tococa pterocalyx sp. nov.", and although the name is mentioned by Spruce (1908), it was never formally published. This specimen has since been determined as T. stephanotricha.
Description Author and Date: Fabian A. Michelangeli, January 2010, based on Michelangeli, F. A. (2005). Tococa (Melastomataceae). Flora Neotropica Monographs 98: 1-114.
Nomenclature remarks: Nomen nudum = Tococa stephanotricha
Taxonomy and Systematics: Spruce 4256 was annotated by Spruce as "Tococa pterocalyx sp. nov.", and although the name is mentioned by Spruce (1908), it was never formally published. This specimen has since been determined as T. stephanotricha.