- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60445845-2
- Publication
- Sida; Contributions to Botany. Dallas; Fort Worth, TX
- Collation
- 22(2): 948 (-949, 941-942; fig. 4)
- Date of Publication
- 23 Nov 2006
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Asclepiadaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- A. H. Liogier 16617
- Locality
- in thickets, about 2 mi W of Oviedo, alt. about sea level, on limestone
- Collection Date
- 3 Nov 1989
- Type Herbaria
- holotype GH
isotype NY
isotype USF - Distribution Of Types
- Dominican Republic (Caribbean, Southern America)
Remarks
Etymology (from the protologue): this vine is named in honor of my wife, the ‘Bright eyes’ in my life. The epithet also reflects the ocellate corolla lobes exhibited by this species.