Aetheolaena pichinchensis (Cuatrec.) B. Nord

Pichincha Aetheolaena (Aetheolaena pichinchensis)  

This species is known from the type material which was collected in 1864 at the slopes of the Pichincha Volcano near Quito, the capital of Ecuador.

The species was not found since and appears to be extinct.

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edited: 29.04.2021