- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77316092-1
- Publication
- PhytoKeys
- Collation
- 222: 102
- Date of Publication
- 22 Mar 2023
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Costaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Ishiki Ishihara, Maas & Maas-van de Kamer 2400
- Locality
- Chiapas: Mun. Chilon, 22 km from Temo in the direction of Palenque, 2 km from Patathel, near El Chich, 850 m
- Collection Date
- 4 Nov 1998
- Type Herbaria
- holotype L 4368349: 436835
isotype ECOSUR - Distribution Of Types
- Chiapas (Mexico Southeast, Mexico, Northern America)
Oaxaca (Mexico Southwest, Mexico, Northern America)
Tabasco (Mexico Southeast, Mexico, Northern America)
Veracruz (Mexico Gulf, Mexico, Northern America)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.222.87779 Etymology: the specific epithet is named after its very soft indument on the abaxial surface of the lamina, the word 'mollis' meaning soft in Latin.