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van der Werff, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 89: 444. 2002.
unprocessed publication data:
J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 360. 1945.
Original type data:
Costa Rica: Alajuela: La Peña de Zarcero, A. Smith H.309 (fl., Ch); Zarcero, edge of woodland, in semi-shade, in stiff clay-loam, upper tropical zone, continental divide, alt. 1615 m., A. Smith H.359 (fl., TYPE, Ch) (tree 10.5 m., base 34 cm., bark brown, slightly roughened; leaves thin but firm, dark green above, glabrous, shining; floers cup-shaped, oil-yellow), A. Smith H.407 (fl., Ch); La Brisa de Zarcero, A. Smith H.443 (fl., Ch); Villa Quesada, San Carlos, A. Smith F.1774 (fl., Ch), P.2596 (fl., A); Tapeseo, Alfaro Ruiz, A. Smith P.2615 (fl., A). Heredia: Vicinity of Vara Blanca, north slope of Central Cordillera, between Poás and Barba volcanoes, Skutch 3745 (fl., A).
Additional type data:
Costa Rica, Alajuela, Zarcero, alt. 1615 m: A. Smith H.359 (holotype F, isotype MO). Paratypes: Costa Rica, Alajuela, La Peña de Zarcero: A. Smith H.309 (F); Costa Rica, Alajuela, Zarcero: A. Smith H.407 (F); Costa Rica, Alajuela, La Brisa de Zarcero: A. Smith H.443 (F); Costa Rica, Alajuela, Villa Quesada, San Carlos: A. Smith F.1774 (F); same data: A. Smith P.2596 (A); Costa Rica, Alajuela, Tapeseo, Alfaro Ruiz: A. Smith P.2615 (A); Costa Rica, Heredía, vicinity of Vara Blanca, N slope of Central Cordillera, between Poás and Barba volcanoes: Skutch 3745 (A, K)
Miscellaneous information:
At the time of his Prodromus (1986), Rohwer had seen nothing but the paratype Skutch 3745 in K.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
