Matelea ecuadorensis (Schltr.) Morillo

Ecuadorian Matelea (Matelea ecuadorensis)

The Ecuadorian Matelea is apparently known only from the type material which was collected sometimes in the 19th century somewhere near the city of Quito in the Pichincha Province of Ecuador.

The species was never recorded since and might be extinct.

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edited: 28.04.2021