Choapam in Oaxaca. In discussing the local distribution 
of species of Besleria, Morton (Revision of Besleria in 
Contrib. U.S. Nat. Herb. 26 (1939) 403) stated: ‘‘The 
actual rarity of the species is well shown by a consider- 
ation of those known from Mexico. Four were described 
trom Mexico by Oersted in 1858. These are B. glabra, 
B.deflewa, B. cyrtanthemum, and B. hirsuta, none ot 
which have since been collected in Mexico or found else- 
where, except perhaps B. hirsuta.’’ Besleria glabra has 
been known from one Liebmann and one Galeotti col- 
lection. Schultes & Reko 784, apparently the third col- 
lection, does not extend the range of the plant but 
supports Morton’s statement concerning the endemism 
of the species. 
Besleria glabra has been assigned to the State of 
Puebla by Morton who cited the locality of the Lieb- 
mann specimen as ‘‘Lacoba, Chinantla, State of Puebla, 
Mexico’’. This should be corrected to read, ‘‘. ..State 
of Oaxaca .. .”’ Chinantla is a local name referring to 
the District of Choapam and does not appear on maps of 
Oaxaca. It has often been confused with Chinautla, the 
name of a town which does appear on maps of Puebla. 
Oersted (Gesneraceae centro-americanae (1858) 55) in the 
original description of Besleria glabra, stated that the 
type plants ‘‘funden af Liebmann i Mexico 1 Departe- 
mentet Oajaca ved Lacoba og Chinantla.’’ Hanstein 
(Linnaea 34 (1865) 825) cited the specimen as ‘‘ Mexico, 
Oajaca, Chinantla, Liebmann.*’ The exact locality of 
San Juan Lacova is longitude 95 degrees 55 minutes, 
latitude 17 degrees 29 minutes. 
Galeotti 1921, which has been referred to Besleria 
glabra, is labelled simply ‘‘Oaxaca.’’ Since Galeotti 
made extensive collections in the Liebmann localities in 
northeastern Oaxaca, it seems very probable that his col- 
lection was made in this part of the state. 
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