Gomphichis altissima Renz

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Venezuela

• State/Province

  Zulia

• Locality

  Distrito Perijá. "Campameto Frontera VI" on tepuí-like sandstone ridge 4 x 0.5-1 km running E-W, east of the international border, between the headwaters of the Río del Norte and the southernmost branch of Río Aricuaisa.

• Elevation

  Alt. 2400 m. (7874 ft.)

• Coordinates

  9.5, -73.1

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

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Gomphichis altissima Renz
det: A. Alvarez, 2005
The New York Botanical Garden
Gomphichis viscosa (Rchb. f.) Schltr. Repert.
Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 6: 51 (1919) €. Vargas (MO) 8/98 €
Ministerio de Agricultura y Cría
INSTITUTO BOTANICO - CARACAS
HERBARIO NACIONAL DE VENEZUELA
ilomphiehis aff. Ticosa
det. y-.C.K. Dunsterville 8/74
Terrestrial, 70cm high wiíih spike;
rosette growth in open grassy areas;
leaves sublustrous yellow-green,
translucent white at hase, prominent
midvein "below; fcraets of spike light
green; sepals translucent yellow-
green; column pubescent white-green
with small purple circle around
stigma; ovary light green, pubescent.
'Campamento Frontera VI", (Lat. 9 30' N, Long. 73°06' W), on tepuf-like
sandstone rjdge k x 0.5-1 km running E - W, east of the international
border, between the headwaters of Rfo del Norte and the southernmost
brahch of Río Arlcuaisa;	Distrito Períjá, Estado Zulla; ca.
2400 m «lev.,
P.UIE.B.,,»	HO. 168	23-28 July 1971,
Exploración realizada en cooperación con la Dirección de Frontera del Ministerio de Relacione*
Exteriores.
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