17. Acalypha castroviejoi Cardiel

Brittonia 46 (3): 205 (Cardiel 1994).

Voucher specimens

COLOMBIA – Santander • Killip, E.P. 19358; GH, MA, NY, U, US.

Habit

Shrub. Native.

Habitat

Northern Andes: Northern Andean Highlands, alt. 1500 m.

Distribution

Colombia.

References

Cardiel (1995a), Muñoz-Rodríguez et al. (2014).

Provisional conservation status

CR B2ab(ii,iii,iv) (probably EX).

Remarks

This species is only known from the aforementioned type collection of 1927 (Killip, E.P. 19358).