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Fosterella pearcei (Baker) L.B.Sm.

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

Type: Pearce s n (holotype, BM; photo, GH), "Butuco" (possibly Buturo, La Paz), Bolivia, Jul 1865.

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Distribution: BOLIVIA; La Paz,

Habitat: 750-900 m. Elev.

Etymology: The species is dedicated to Richard William Pearce (ca. 1835-1868), British plant collector in South America for the nursery John Gould Veitch and collector of the type specimen.

Fosterella pearcei