A Systematic Study of the Subtribe Espeletiinae. Mem (107) BIGC ARCHIVE information from anatomy

information from anatomy

sometimes incorrectly labeled as "abandoned fields

It excludes Sphaerophorus and comprises 51 species in 17 genera

Since the last serial paper on Strychnos appeared in print in 1965 in the Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden

A Systematic Study of the Subtribe Espeletiinae. Mem (107) BIGC ARCHIVE information from anatomyIn 1932, Jos Cuatrecasas made his first visit to the high altitude zones of the northern Andes in South America. He was struck by the rich and complex vegetation of the pramos of Colombia; in particular, the bizarre life form of Espeletia gave him "the impression of being confronted with a different world." At the time of his death in 1996 at the age of 93, Cuatrecasas had nearly completed his ambitious taxonomic revision of this fascinating group of