Distribucion y Habitat

Distribution: Sparsely distributed across the Tropical and Subtropical Andes, from Tucumán to Colombia (Wheeler, 2002; Jiménez-Mejías et al., 2016c, 2018, 2020). Probably much under-collected [83 CLM ECU? 84 BOL PER 85 AGW].

Sinónimos

Bibliografía

Jiménez-Mejías, P., Fabbroni, M., Donadío, S., Rodríguez Palacios, G. E., Hilpold, A., Martín de López, D., Waterway, M. J. & Roalson, E. H. Año: 2016

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Nombre Vulgar y Usos

Tipo y Observaciones

Material Tipo: Bolivia. Cochabamba. Quillacollo Prov., “camino Sipe Sipe-Lipichi”, 3800 m s.m., 9 Abr 1990, Hensen 731 (holotipo, MIN; isotipo, LPB!).
Observaciones: Iconography: Figures 1J, 2V, 3V. See additional figures in Wheeler (2002: 202). Etymology: Commemorating Gerald B. Ownbey, 1916–2010, Professor of botany at the University of Minnesota, one of the mentors of Gerald A. Wheeler. Notes: Not recorded from Ecuador, but its presence in the Andean part of the country seems probable. Selected additional references: Wheeler [(2002) description].