Gyranthera, a giant bombacoid tree

Photographer

Iltis, Hugh H.

Date

• January 20, 1991

Summary

• Giant tree (Malvaceae, subfamily Bombacoideae) with Carmen E. Rojas in cloud forest at Rancho Grande Biological Station, Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, north of Maracay. 1,500 m altitude. Dense cloud forest (selva nublada) vegetation. [The species is almost certainly Gyranthera caribensis - W. Alverson 12/2012]