Group: Dicot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Monsanto, 2nd, B, 210

Authors:

Britton, Nathaniel Lord
Rose, Joseph Nelson

Published In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16(7): 241, t. 73. 1913. (10 Apr 1913) (Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.)

Type-Protologue

Locality: Panama: collected on mountains above Chepo, 15 Oct 1911, and flowered in Washington Apr 1912

Collector and Number: H. Pittier 4571

Distribution: Panama

Institution(s): HT: US-691299

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Caryophyllanae Takht.
• order:  !Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
• family:  !!Cactaceae Juss.
• genus:  *Wittia K. Schum.

Conservation Status:

• CITES Appendix II - Trade controlled to avoid use incompatible with species survival - Global
  • Reference UNEP WCMC. 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge.
  • Conservation System UNEP WCMC. 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge.

Other names for this basionym:

Pseudorhipsalis amazonica subsp. panamensis (Britton & Rose) Ralf Bauer

Wittiocactus panamensis (Britton & Rose) Rauschert

Projects: Flora of Panama , Mesoamericana , Panama

Keywords: CEC, PAN