7. Rinorea squamata S. F. Blake, Contrib. U. S. Natl. Herb. 20: 516. 1924.

= Rinorea pubipes S. F. Blake, Contrib. U. S. Natl. Herb. 20: 515. 1924, syn. nov. Type: Costa Rica. Limón: Zent Farms, ca. 30 km W of Puerto Limon, s. d., H. F. Pittier s. n. (holotype: US [cat. no. 578517, barcode 00114502]!; isotype F [acc. 1709848]!).

= Rinorea antioquiensis L. B. Sm. & Á. Fernández, Caldasia 6: 105. 1954, syn. nov. Type: Colombia. Antioquia: SE of Chigorodo, 40 km S of Turbo, 50 m, 15 Apr 1945, O. L. Haught 4566 (holotype: US [cat. no. 1709146, barcode 00114466]!; isotypes: COL [acc. no. 30955; barcode COL 000002868]!; K [barcode K 000327516]!; NY [barcode 00095074]!).

Type.

Panama • Canal zone, near Gatun, 10 Feb 1911, E. A. Goldman 1864 (holotype: US [cat. no. 690300; barcode 00114504]!) .

Notes.

Rinorea squamata and Rinorea pubipes were both described by Blake (1924), with the latter synonymized under R. squamata by Hekking (1988). Later, Smith and Fernández (1954) described Rinorea antioquiensis from a single collection. After careful study of vegetative and reproductive morphology of the type specimens, no distinguishing characters could be found to separate the three taxa. Rinorea squamata is morphologically uniform across its wide range, from Central America (Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama) to northern Colombia.