Macleania smithiana Luteyn

  • Filed As

    Ericaceae
    Macleania smithiana Luteyn

  • Collector(s)

    A. S. Barfod 48376 with L.P. Kvist; and D. Nissen, 19 Oct 1983 - 25 Oct 1983

  • Location

    Ecuador. Esmeraldas. Zapallo Grande, a community along Río Cayapa. Close to village.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 2604062

    Occurrence ID: 638128fc-c112-4609-a684-ddd3c8b15222

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Esmeraldas

  • Locality

    Zapallo Grande, a community along Río Cayapa. Close to village.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 200 m. (656 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    0.8, -78.9

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The New York Botanical Garden
Macleania smithiana Luteyn, nom. nov.
(=M. pentaptera Hoer. sensu Smith, 1932)
48376	Ericaceae
Macleania rotundifolia Sod. & Hoer.
Province ESMERALDAS
Zapallo Grande, a mixed A£ro-latin and Cayapa Amerindian community along Rio
Cayapa. Secondary vegetation and disturbed rain forests close to village.
(78° 54'W 00° 48’N) Alt 200 m.	19-25 Oct 1983
Climber with hanging scandent shoots, pedicel purplish- red, calyx purple-brown,
corolla red on the outside, white on inside and pilose, epigynous. Nom. vem.:
femu-piu-tap6. Use: for bites of the snake Equis. Preparation: the leaves are boiled
and the decoction is used to bath the swelled tissue.
MPW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
02604062
YO*/c
botanical
det. James L. Luteyn
FLORA OF ECUADOR
Collected by A. Barfod
L. P. Kvist & D. Nissen
Botanical Institute, Aarhus University, Denmark (AAU)
in collaboration P. Universidad Católica, Quito, Ecuador
02604062