Ponera punctulata Rchb. f.

Bonplandia 3 (15-16): 220-221 (Reichenbach 1855).

TYPE. — Venezuela, without proper locality, s.d., G. A. Geitner s.n. (holo- [specim. ex culta], from Geitner’s botanical greenhouse in Planitz [district of Zwickau, Germany] supposedly deposited at W, not found, may not be still extant or is missing).

NEOTYPE (here designated). — s.l., s.d., s.coll. (specim. ex culta, H. G. Reichenbach scripsit), s.n. (neo-, K [K000079638]; Fig. 3).