Espeletia perijaensis Cuatrec.
date: label: Collection Date
content: 27 Jun 1974 to 5 Jul 1974
name: label: Biogeographical Region
content: 82 - Northern South America
label: Collector
content: S. S. Tillett
label: Collector
content: K. W. Hönig
label: Microhabitat Description
content: common in patches in level areas with grasses and shrubs, always near wet areas; main ridge mostly of horizontal red sandstones and grey conglomerates, the lateral rolling ridges and more level areas with a very thin soil on a variety of silty, sandy, or gravelly substrates, varying from near-white to red-purple, and in many areas with rampant erosion due to recent fires; the more level areas covered with an Hypericumscrub 1-2 m tall (3-4 spp. of H.), which has been burned off several times, with grasses and sedges, especially in the swales and around shallow ponds; a páramo and subpáramo vegetation, in part from burning; the steeper and wetter quebradas with remnants of the once more-dominant forest, 10-15m tall, with innumerable downfall and standing dead trunks, largely invaded by bamboo; this area ungrazed as of this date
label: Min. Elevation
content: 3000
notes: label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Environa of "Campamento Frontera II", mesa below international border on main ridge; headwaters of Río Negro; Sierra de Perija, Serrania de los Motilones, Distrito Perij, Machiques de Perijá, Zulia, Venezuela, South America - Neotropics
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content: Botany
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content: Flowering plants and ferns
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Espeletia perijaensis Cuatrec.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Botany Dept.
identifier: label: Barcode
content: 01310224
label: USNM Number
content: (Bulky)
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae Dicotyledonae Asterales Asteraceae Asteroideae