Sphyrospermum buxifolium Poepp. & Endl.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Venezuela

• State/Province

  Táchira

• County/Municipio

  Uribante Mun.

• Locality

  19-21 km SE of La Grita on road to San José de Bolívar. Páramo del Batallón-Páramo El Rosal area. Along steep roadsides.

• Elevation

  Alt. 2680 - 2925 m. (8793 - 9596 ft.)

• Coordinates

  8.03, -71.9

• Distribution

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New York Botanical Garden
Sphyrospermum buxifolium Poepp. & Endl. s.l.
P. Pedraza-Peñalosa & J. L. Luteyn, 2010
Ericaceae
Sphyrospermum cordifoiium Benth.
Venezuela: Tachira: Dto. Uribante. 19-21 km
SE of La Grita on rd. to San José de Bolívar.
Páramo del Batallón-Páramo El Rosal area.
El ev. 2680-2925 m. Ca. 8°02'N, 71°54'W.
Subparamo slopes and remnant wet montane
forest, along steep roadsides.
Scrambling, viney shrub. Flowers dark red.
Common
James L. Luteyn 9904
Mana Lebron-Luteyn	14 April 1984
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