Echinodorus subalatus subsp. andrieuxii
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Description
Petiole with a sheath to 7 cm long; blade with 7-9 veins, pellucid markings absent or rarely present as separate lines. Inflorescence with wingless rachis. Fruit with beak half or more as long as fruit.
Distribution
C America present, Guyana present present, S Mexico present, Southern America: Venezuela (Venezuela present), eastern Brazil present
from S Mexico through C America, Venezuela, Guyana to eastern Brazil; more than 100 collections examined, 1 from Guyana (GU: 1).
Notes
In the literature, there has been much confusion on the type (Haynes & Holm-Nielsen 1994: 37). Application of Art. 37.3 of the ICBN (McNeill et al., Regnum Veg. 146), however, leaves open only one possibility: Hooker & Arnott only mentioned Andrieux 91, this clearly was the specimen on which they based their description. In addition, these authors state that Andrieux had found this species in Oaxaca as well; a comment indicating a second locality, without mention of a second specimen.