Souroubea sympetala

Souroubea sympetala belongs to the genus Souroubea and is part of the Marcgraviaceae family, a group of flowering plants. The species is distributed in several protected areas and regions in Colombia such as Parque Nacional Natural Sierra de la Macarena, Parque Nacional Natural Los Katíos, Bucaramanga, Parque Nacional Natural Tinigua, Puerto Boyacá, and others, as well as in the departments of Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Chocó, Cundinamarca, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Norte de Santander, and Santander. It is also found in Villavicencio. The species was first formally described in 1898 by the botanist Gilg.