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:


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.