Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Topobea ferruginea Gleason

All Determinations:

Topobea ferruginea Gleason det. J. J. Wurdack, 1954
Note: "dup. det."

Location:

Venezuela. Bolívar. Churi-tepuí (Muru-tepuí), 2 km N of Camp 8. Alt. 2050 m. (6726 ft.)

Collector(s):

J. J. Wurdack 34274 with , 30 Jan 1953

Description:

Tree. Much-branched tree 15 m x 25 cm diam; flowers 2-4 per leaf axil (4-8 per node), 6-merous; petals outside pink on overlapping edge, white on covered edge, inside apically pink-flushed, basally white; stamens light yellow.

Habitat:

Lower escarpment, talus cloud forest. occasional.

Other:

Specimen Notes: "Fragment removed for palynological work 1971."; [Specimen located at US (barcode 00748669), and data courtesy of the Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program of the Smithsonian Institution.]

Identifiers:

GUID: 26e09200-08db-451c-8b5e-380d34d498ea

Map:

Coordinates: (5.21667, -61.9)

Distribution:

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