Arachnothryx caucana (Standl. ex Steyerm.) Steyerm.

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1967. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part VII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17: 1-439.

  • Family

    Rubiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Arachnothryx caucana (Standl. ex Steyerm.) Steyerm.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - COLOMBIA. Huila: Cordillera Oriental, along trail from Garzon SE about 15 km to Estrella (finca), alt 1630 m, Little 9334; Cauca: along Quebrada de Tierra, above Argelia, alt ca 1600 m, Core 1230.

  • Discussion

    Rondeletia caucana Standley ex Steyermark, Acta Biol. Ven. 4: 108. 1964.

    Type. Rio Ingutto, Dept, El Cauca, Cordillera Occidental, Colombia, Feb 1938, E. Dryander 2094

    This species differs from Arachnothrix glabrata in having shorter, oblong or spatulate-oblong rounded to obtuse calyx-lobes which are densely arachnoid-pubescent without, in the densely sordid-arachnoid pubescent hypanthium, and densely arachnoid-pubescent corolla-tube.

  • Distribution

    COLOMBIA. Huila: Cordillera Oriental, along trail from Garzon SE about 15 km to Estrella (finca), alt 1630 m, Little 9334; Cauca: along Quebrada de Tierra, above Argelia, alt ca 1600 m, Core 1230.

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