- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77164154-1
- Publication
- PhytoKeys
- Collation
- 83: 27
- Date of Publication
- 13 July 2017
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Commelinaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- P.Fiaschi et al. 3489
- Locality
- Marilândia, perímetro urbano, na Estrada para São Pedro, fragment de floresta junto a uma serraria de madeira, a c. 100 m do portão da serraria, em encosta de morro
- Collection Date
- 20 Jan 2011
- Type Herbaria
- holotype SPF SPF200900
isotype MBML MBML42135 - Latitude
- 19° 24' 31" S
- Longitude
- 40° 32' 2" W
- Distribution Of Types
- Espírito Santo (Brazil Southeast, Brazil, Southern America)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.83.13490 the epithet alludes to the extremely elongated cincinni, due to their resemblance to the snakes that composed the hair of Medusa, one of the three Gorgon sisters from Greek mythology