Palicourea jahnii Standl.

• Authority

  Maguire, Bassett. 1972. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part IX. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 1-832.

• Family

  Rubiaceae

• Scientific Name

  Palicourea jahnii Standl.

• Type

  Type. Páramo Quirorá, Estado Merida, Venezuela, alt 2500 m, 9 Oct 1921, Jahn 704.

• Discussion

  This taxon is close to P. purdiei Standl. of Colombia, but is distinguished from that species by the smaller corollas, acute and more developed calyx lobes, sparsely puberulent hypanthium, and fewer lateral nerves of the leaf blades.