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Fosterella weberbaueri (Mez) L.B.Sm.

Publ: Phytologia 7(3): 172 (1960)

Type: Peru. Dpto. Ayacucho: Prov. Huanta, next to Rio Pieni (tributary stream of Rio Apurimac), terrestrial on rocks at margin of rain forest, 800 -1000 m, 2 June 1910, Weberbauer 5635 [Holotype: B!].

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Distribution: PERU; Ayacucho, Puno,

Habitat: 1000-2000 m. Elev.

Etymology: This species is dedicated to August Weberbauer (1871-1948), collector of the type specimen, German botanist and pioneer of the investigation of the Peruvian flora.

Fosterella weberbaueri