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Wittmackia antillana (Mez) Aguirre-Santoro

Publ: Plant Syst. Evol. 303(online): 18 (2017)

Type: PUERTO RICO. Cayey: Cayey ad arbores. (Cayey: auf Baumen in Quebra. Morillos), 27 October 1885, P. Sintenis “2000” (3000) (lectotype B [designated by Smith & Downs (1979: 1758)], isolectotypes B, G, GH, HAC, HAL, K, LE, LY, P, TRIN, US)

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Distribution: Puerto Rico, British Virgin Islands

Habitat: Epiphytic on wooded limestone hills, 0–275(–840) m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the geographic distribution of this species in the Antilles.

Phenology: flower in July

Wittmackia antillana