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Navia cretacea L.B.Sm.

Publ: Mem. New York BG 9(3): 307-308 (1957)

Type: Maguire, Cowan & Wurdack 29882 (holotype, US; isotype, NY), south escarpment, Cerro Huachamacari, Rio Cunucunuma, Amazonas, Venezuela, 5 Dec 1950.

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Distribution: VENEZUELA: Amazonas, (Cano Negro between Cerro Duida and Cerro Marahuaka, Cerro Huachamacari).

Habitat: On rocks and wet cliffs, 800-1800 m. Elev.

Etymology: cretacea= chalky, leaves covered abaxially with a snowy cretaceous powder

Navia cretacea