Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Miconia plukenetii Naudin

All Determinations:

Miconia plukenetii Naudin det. E. A. Tripp, 2002
Note: ! F. Almeda & D. S. Penneys, 2005

Location:

Guyana. Cuyuni-Mazaruni. Paruima, 9 km W; 0.5-1.0 km E of Ararata scrub area. Alt. 780 m. (2559 ft.)

Collector(s):

H. D. Clarke 5431 with T. Hollowell, K. David, C. Chin, C. Perry, 6 Jul 1997

Description:

Tree. Tree, 5 m; leaf undersurfaces reddish; fruits gray-green. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

Habitat:

Dense forest. With Aspidosperma, Eperua & Licania. On brown sand.

Other:

Specimen Notes: [Specimen located at US, and data courtesy of the Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program of the Smithsonian Institution.]

Identifiers:

GUID: 77a64c27-3acb-4fe7-85e7-0f748494db3d

Map:

Georeferencing Method: GPS (Geographic coordinates from converted US database.)
Coordinates: (5.82667, -61.1444)

Distribution:

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