265a. Ipomoea retropilosa subsp. retropilosa

Diagnosis. Sepals thinly to densely pilose on the abaxial surface. Young stems and abaxial leaf surface thinly to densely pubescent.

Illustration.

Figure 135.

Distribution.

In cloud forest near streams in the coastal sierra of Venezuela between 1500 and 1800 m approximately.

VENEZUELA. Aragua: Colonia Tovar, Moritz 1686 (BM, K); Ricaurte, 3 km E of Colonia Tovar, J.A. Steyermark & R.L. Liesner 121997 (MO). Mérida: south of Timote[s], 1976, J.B. Simmons 281 (K); Trujillo: Varela, 1500 m, L. Aristeguieta 4884 (MO).