Maracanthus badilloi (G. Ferrari) Kuijt ( Kuijt 1990: 114 )

Murillo-Serna, Jhon S., Carmona-Gallego, Isabel, Roldán, Francisco J., Sierra-Giraldo, Julio A. & Alzate-Guarín, Fernando, 2025, Synopsis of Maracanthus (Loranthaceae) and description of M. kuijtii, a new species from the Eastern Andes of Colombia, Plant Ecology and Evolution 158 (1), pp. 14-22 : 14-22

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.127900
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14671165
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scientific name	Maracanthus badilloi (G. Ferrari) Kuijt ( Kuijt 1990: 114 )
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Treatment

1. Maracanthus badilloi (G. Ferrari) Kuijt ( Kuijt 1990: 114) View in CoL

Phthirusa badilloi G. Ferrari in Luces and Steyermark ( Ferrari 1982: 45) View in CoL

Maracanthus pusillus Kuijt ( Kuijt 1987: 452), nom. illeg. superfl. View in CoL

Type.

VENEZUELA • A 2 km bifurcación carretera El Junquito-Colonia Tovar, en la vía hacia El Limón , vertiente hacia del mar; 20 Apr. 1965; fl., fr.; V. M. Badillo 4203; holotype: MY not seen; isotype: US [03546019] digital image .

Iconography.

Kuijt (1987: fig. 4).

Distribution.

This species is distributed in Venezuela, in cloud and montane forests at the Cordillera de Mérida and Venezuelan Coastal Range, at elevations between 1447–2700 m.

Additional material examined.

VENEZUELA – Trujillo • Boconó, Parque Nacional Guaramacal, sector El Cafenol, hacia El Recortadero , vía páramo el Pumar; 1790–2200 m; 12 Jun. 2001; fl., fr.; Dorr, Stergios & Niño 8938; UC, US • Boconó, Parque Nacional Guaramacal, sector El Cafenol, hacia El Recortadero , vía páramo el Pumar; 1950 m; 27 Oct. 2018; fl., fr.; Niño, Canelón, Caracas & Hidalgo 6747; US • Pampám, vía Bolivia ; 1447 m; 7 Jul. 2018; fl.; Niño & Canelón 5082; US .

Notes.

Maracanthus badilloi is recognised by the combination of young stems densely covered by scaly-furfuraceous indumentum, with terete, pedunculate spikes and terete to slightly quadrangular peduncles, and the fertile portion of the inflorescence glabrous, with 4–8 flowers. The name Maracanthus pusillus Kuijt is nomenclaturally superfluous since it was based on the same type as M. badilloi .