Crepinella Acaropunctata
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''Crepinella acaropunctata'' is a
flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
in the family
Araliaceae The Araliaceae are a family of flowering plants composed of about 43 genera and around 1500 species consisting of primarily woody plants and some herbaceous plants commonly called the ginseng family. The morphology of Araliaceae varies widely ...
. It is
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to the
tepui A tepui , or tepuy (), is a member of a family of table-top mountains or mesas found in northern South America, especially in Venezuela, western Guyana, and northern Brazil. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the ...
s
Cerro Duida Cerro Duida, known as Yennamadi by the Ye'kuana, is a very large tepui in Amazonas state, Venezuela. It has an uneven and heavily inclined plateau, rising from highs of around in the north and east to a maximum of on its southwestern rim.Hub ...
and Cerro Marahuaca in Duida–Marahuaca National Park of Amazonas state of southern
Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...
.Frodin, D. G. (1993). Studies in ''Schefflera'' (Araliaceae), VI. New Species and Subordinate Taxa in the Venezuelan Guayana and Immediately Adjacent Areas. ''Novon'', 3(4), 367–403. https://doi.org/10.2307/3391384 It grows in montane forest from 1,600 to 2,700 meters elevation. It is found in shrub islands in open and often rocky places, on forested slopes, and along creeks.


References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q88989826, from2=Q15555327 Araliaceae Flora of the Tepuis Endemic flora of Venezuela