Marcgravia sororopaniana
A Venezuelan Guayana shingle vine named for Sororopán-tepui in the Gran Sabana, known from a handful of collections on tepui slopes and the forested lowlands around them. Its recorded elevations span 280–2255 m, so plants exist across a wide temperature band; the median record near 650 m suggests a warm, very wet forest plant with cool nights.
Where it grows wild
Wet evergreen forest on the slopes and foot of the Guiana Shield tepuis, climbing trunks and wet sandstone in shade; only 9 wild records.
Recorded 280–2255 m, median 650 m: most collections from the forested lower slopes, a few from cloud forest high on the tepui.
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