Acknowledgements

   These pages are based on information and images prepared as a poster presented at the International Botanical Congress in St. Louis, August, 1999. We are grateful for the assistance provided by the following institutions and individuals:


Herbario Nacional de Ecuador (QCNE)
Avenida Río Coca E5-116
Casilla Postal 17-21-1787
Quito, Ecuador



Centro de Datos para la Conservación CDC-Ecuador
Quito, Ecuador



Missouri Botanical Garden (MO)
St. Louis, Missouri, USA


Red Latinoamericana de Botánica
For support of my studies in Brazil.


Dr. Ramón Ferreyra
Universidad Nacional de San Marcos (USM)
Lima, Peru


Dra. Ana Maria Giuletti


Students & Staff
Universidade de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil


Students & Staff
Instituto de Botánica de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil


Elisa de Moraes Barros
São Paulo, Brazil


Emiko Naruto
São Paulo, Brazil
For inking my Monnina drawings.


Curators & Staff
of the following herbaria (acronyms according to Index Herbariorum):
BAB, BHCB, BHMH, CEPEC, EAC, HEPH, HRB, IBGE, IPA, LP, MBM, PKDC, QCA, QCNE, R, RB, SP, SPF, SI, UB, UEC, UFG & UPCB.