Ocotea wurdackiana C.K. Allen

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Nomenclature

Family: Lauraceae

Genus: Ocotea

Species:

Ocotea wurdackiana C.K. Allen

Usage:

accepted

Reference for current status:

Rohwer 1986, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 20

unprocessed publication data:

Mem. New York. Bot. Gard. 10: 81. 1964.

Additional type data:

Venezuela, Bolívar, Chimantá Massif, Torono-tepuí, N facing slopes on summit above valley of Caño Mojado, 2030-2150 m, 21 Feb 1955, Steyermark & Wurdack 1041 (Holotype NY, Isotypes BM, US). Paratypes: Venezuela, Bolívar, Chimantá Massif, along banks of Caño Mojado, E of north escarpment, below upper falls of Caño Mojado, Steyermark & Wurdack 960 (NY); Venezuela, Bolívar, Cumbre del Cerro Acopán, Caroní, Cardona 2270 (US); Venezuela, Bolívar, summit of Carrao-tepuí, Steyermark 60897 (F, VEN).

Miscellaneous information:

Rohwer (1986) had seen only the isotype in US. Later he noted that the paratype Steyermark 60897 was Ocotea erectifolia.