Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Mecranium acuminatum (DC.) Skean

All Determinations:

Mecranium acuminatum (DC.) Skean det. J. D. Skean Jr., 1988
Note: "Examined for a monograph of Mecranium (Melastomataceae)"

Ossaea acuminata DC. det. J. D. Skean Jr.

Location:

Dominican Republic. Independencia. Sierra de Neiba. Along the Carretera Internacional near the Haitian border, 17.3 km N of La Descubierta. Alt. 920 m. (3018 ft.)

Collector(s):

J. D. Skean Jr. 1819 with W. S. Judd, R. S. Beaman, 30 May 1986

Description:

Shrub ca. 3.5 m tall. Hypanthium green, tinged with red-purple. Petals white. Phenology of specimen: Flower, Fruit.

Habitat:

In sunny thickets above roadcut. Disturbed hardwood forest on limestone. With Myrsine, Eupatorium, Heterotrichum, Miconia, Coccoloba, Solanum, Oreopanax, and Garrya. Locally common.

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 00854646
GUID: 52d5c888-2c33-4ace-b994-d574f65dda86

Distribution:

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