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Wittmackia polycephala (Baker) Aguirre-Santoro

Publ: Plant Syst. Evol. 303(online): 23 (2017)

Type: JAMAICA. No locality, no date, Wright s.n. (holotype BM)

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Distribution: Jamaica

Habitat: on diverse forested or open limestone formations, 70–1000 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the capituliform aspect of the spikes at anthesis.

Phenology: flower from February to December

Wittmackia polycephala