Stegolepis gleasoniana Steyerm.

• Authority

  Maguire, Bassett. 1965. The Botany of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12 (3): 1-285.

• Family

  Rapateaceae

• Scientific Name

  Stegolepis gleasoniana Steyerm.

• Type

  Type. Leaves stiff, erect, coriaceous, deep green above, pale green below, bracts and sepals brown, petals deep yellow, southeastern-facing moist sandstone bluffs near Cano Negro, tributary of Caiio Iguapo, ca. alt. 1520 m, Cerro Duida, Terr. Amazonas, Venezuela, 26 Aug 1944, J. A. Steyermark 58040 (holotype F, isotypes NY, GH, US).

• Description

  Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Known only by the type collection.