Place of Publication
Syst. Bot. 39(2): 653 (2014)
Type citation
Chile. Tarapacá, Arica, Puquios, 3750 m.s.m., 16 Sep. 1955, M. Ricardi 3363 (holotype, SI SI003356!; isotype, CONC, LP LP006687).
Synonyms
References
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Botta (1980b)
Botta, S.M. 1980b. Las especies del género Acantholippia (Verbenaceae). Darwiniana 22(4): 511–532
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Lu-Irving et al. (2014)
Lu-Irving, P. , O'Leary, N. , O'Brien, A. and Olmstead, R.G. 2014. Resolving the Genera Aloysia and Acantholippia within tribe Lantaneae (Verbenaceae), using Chloroplast and Nuclear Sequences. Systematic Botany 39(2): 644-655
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O'Leary et al. (2016)
O'Leary, N , Lu-Irving, P , Moroni, P and Siedo, S 2016. Taxonomic Revision of Aloysia (Verbenaceae, Lantaneae) In South America, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 101(3): 568-609
Iconography
- Botta (1980b): fig. 3
Regions
Habitat
Desert and Andean desert
Distribution and habitat
This species has a very narrow distribution between Zapahuira y Putre with an altitudinal range of between 3000 to 3390 m.
Descriptions
- O'Leary et al. (2016)
Habit
Shrub, 0.5–1 m tall
Key characteristics
Aloysia tarapacana is similar to A. deserticola in its shrubby habit and spiny branches. A. tarapacana differs by its very dark green leaves (vs. light green or yellow) with entire margins (vs. 3-lobed).