Miconia ceramicarpa var. crozieriae Cremers & C.V.Martin
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1961. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part IV (2). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-87.
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Family
Melastomataceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Latin Diagnosis - A var. candolleana Cogn. differt foliis paulo minoribus subtus intense purpurascentibus pilis hypanthii brevioribus. Folia 7-11 X 3.5-5 cm subtus purpurascentia densiuscule pilosula pilis ca. 0.3-0.4 mm longis. Hypanthium dense cum setulis patulis 0.5-0.7 mm longis hirsutum.
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Discussion
the typical variety of M. ceramicarpa and in var. violacea (DC.) Cogn., the stem pubescence is appressed and the appressed lower leaf surface pubescence is limited to the veins and venules. In var. candolleana, the apparently concolorous mature leaf blades are 12-16 X 5-8 cm and the hypanthial hairs are 1-1.5 mm long; it is represented, apart from the syntypes, by Cowan 38386 from the lowland forest near Serra do Navio.