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Revision of Aciotis
Det. Alina Freire-Fierro, 1998
Missouri Botanical Garden Herbarium (MO)
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Aciotis ornata (Miguel.) Gleason
DET. PETER S. MATHIES July 1981
INSTITUTO BOTANICO, CARACAS-NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Botanical Exploration
TERRITORIO DELTA AMACURO, VENEZUELA
No. 87182 Aciotis ornata (Miq.) Gleason
Det: J.J. Wurdack, Í96I4.
Herbaceous; petals pink; calyx pale green; pedicels
magenta; leaves membranous, dull dark green above,
paler below.
Along shaded mossy boulder upstream from $an Victor,
past Quebrada Piedradero and Rio Matanaima.
Rio Amacuro, Venezuela-British Guiana frontier.
Sierra Imataca, alt. 65-80 m.	v
Julian A. Steyermark	NOV, J., i960
Field work supported in part by funds provided by the Instituto Botánico, the National Science Found-
ation and The New York Botanical Garden.
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