Psammisia macrophylla (Kunth) Klotzsch

  • Filed As

    Ericaceae
    Psammisia macrophylla (Kunth) Klotzsch

  • Collector(s)

    J. L. Luteyn 5395 with María Lebrón-Luteyn; L. Ruíz-Terán, 03 Feb 1978

  • Location

    Venezuela. Mérida. Tustas area, Estanques-Páramo de Molino road, 29 km S of Estanques.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 2643282

    Occurrence ID: 83fa5c70-6afa-4bdf-a674-2664f7aca8be

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Venezuela

  • State/Province

    Mérida

  • Locality

    Tustas area, Estanques-Páramo de Molino road, 29 km S of Estanques.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2450 m. (8038 ft.)

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Psammisia macrophylla Kunth “complex’
[incl.: P. falcata (1818), P. coarctata (1834), P. guianensis
(1851), P. lanceolata (1909), P. elegans (1920), P. salmonea
(1941), P. cuatrecasasii (1943), P. longicaulis (1950)]
det. James L. Luteyn, 2007
The New York Botanical Garden (NY)
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
puants of VENEZUELA
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Psammisia
Edo. Merida: Tustas area, Estanques-Paramo de Molino
road, 29 km S of Estanques. Dry remnant forest
dominated by Clusia with abundant Myrtaceae.
Elev. 2450 m.
BOTANICAL
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
02643282
Epiphytic shrub with branches to 2 m long; rhachis
green; pedicels & calyx & lower 3/4 of the corolla
red; upper 1/4 of the corolla white. Common but
little in flower.
James L. Luteyn 5395
Maria Lebron-Luteyn
L. Ruiz-Teran
3 Feb. 1978