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Greigia chingazaensis Betancur, Aguirre-Santoro & Llanos-Prieto

Publ: Phytotaxa 725(3): 276-278 fig. 4,5 (2025)

Type: COLOMBIA. Cundinamarca: municipio Subachoque, camino real entre el Cerro El Tablazo y el municipio de Supatá, a 300 m del Cementerio Indígenas, 5°0’40.7”N, 74°12’22.5”W, 3440 m, 22 May 2022, J. Aguirre-Santoro, L. Vargas-Longas, D. Angarita, L. F. Coca & J. Timm 4927 (holotype: COL; isotypes: FMB, MO)

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Distribution: Colombia: Cundinamarca, Meta

Habitat: terrestrial in shaded and humid areas of high elevation Andean forests, 3125−3500 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet honors the Chingaza National Natural Park, a protected area that preserves large extensions of cloud forest and páramo vegetation, which are critical for supplying water to the city of Bogotá (Betancur et al. 2018)

Greigia chingazaensis