Group: Dicot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Bayer, 2nd, B, 223

Authors:

Wurdack, John Julius

Published In: Phytologia 43(4): 339–340. 1979. (Phytologia)

Type-Protologue

Locality: Ecuador, collected on a wet windswept forested ridge 10 km east of Loja on road to Zamora, Prov. Loja, elev. 2480 m, 31 January 1979.

Collector and Number: King, R.M. & F. Almeda 7917

Distribution: Ecuador

Institution(s): HT: US 2850594; IT: CAS

Type Specimens

• HT: King & Almeda 7917; 31 Jan 1979; Ecuador: Loja: 2480 m @CEC@

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Rosanae Takht.
• order:  Myrtales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
• family:  !!Melastomataceae Juss.
• genus:  !Meriania Sw.

Conservation Status:

• VU B1ab(iii) - Vulnerable - Global
  • Reference Valencia Reyes, R., N. C. A. Pitman, S. León-Yánez & P. M. Jørgensen. 2000. Libro Rojo Pl. Endémic. Ecuador 2000 i–v, 1–489. Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito.
  • Conservation System IUCN. 2001. IUCN Red List Categ. Crit. v. 3.1 ii, 1–30. IUCN, Gland.
• VU B1ab(iii) - Vulnerable - Global
  • Reference León Yánez, S., R. Valencia Reyes, N. C. A. Pitman, L. Endara, C. Ulloa Ulloa & H. Navarrete. 2011. Libro Rojo Pl. Endémic. Ecuador, 2 ed. 1–957. Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito.
  • Conservation System IUCN. 2001. IUCN Red List Categ. Crit. v. 3.1 ii, 1–30. IUCN, Gland.

Projects: Ecuador , VPA

Keywords: CEC