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Macleania penduliflora is described from Antioquia, Colombia, and represents the first species of the genus with long-pendulous and ramiflorous inflorescences.
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Luteyn, J.L. A remarkable new Macleania (Ericaceae) from Colombia. Brittonia 37, 179–181 (1985). https://doi.org/10.2307/2806099
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