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van der Werff, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 89: 437. 2002.
unprocessed publication data:
J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 350. 1945.
Original type data:
Costa Rica. Alajuela: Alfaro Ruiz, Palmira, region of Zarcero, in rich clay-loam and semi-hade, alt. 1765 m., August 14, 1935, Austin Smith A.125 (fl., TYPE, Ch) (forest tree 15 m., base 1 m ; bark light brown, roughened, cambium-layer rufous-brown, sapwood cream-colored; leaves coriaceous, polished on the upper surface, lighter green below; flowers sulphur-yellow, with an expanse of 4 mm., urceolate-bell-shaped, stigma and anthers green, maturing to dark brown), A. Smith A.504 (fl., Ch), H.1181 (fl., Ch). San José: Near Camp Empalme in oak cloud-forest, along the w. slope of the Continental Divide, about 29 km. S. of Cartago, Little 6007 (F.S.95042) (fr., A). Panama: Chiriqui: In rain-forest, Bajo Chorro, Boquete, Davidson 268 (fr., A, Ch, Mo) ; cloud forest, Cerro Horqueta, C. & V. W. von Hagen 2128 (fr., A, Mo).
Additional type data:
Costa Rica, Alajuela, Alfaro Ruiz, Palmira, region of Zarcero, alt. 1765 m, 14 Aug 1935: A. Smith A 125 (holotype F, isotype MO). Paratypes: same data: A. Smith A 504 (F), A. Smith H 1181 (F); Costa Rica, San José, ca. 29 km S of Cartago, near Camp Empalme: Little 6007 (A); Panama, Chiriquí, Bajo Chorro, Boquete: Davidson 268 (A, F, MO); Panama, Chiriquí, Cerro Horqueta: C. & V. von Hagen 2128 (A, MO)
Miscellaneous information:
at the time of his Prodromus, Rohwer (1986) had seen only the MO material. The fruiting paratype Hagen 2128 in MO belongs to Ocotea glaucosericea
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
