Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Macrocentrum repens (Gleason) Wurdack

All Determinations:

Macrocentrum repens (Gleason) Wurdack det. F. Almeda, Jun 2002

Location:

Guyana. Cuyuni-Mazaruni. Pakaraima Mountains, Kurupung-Membaru trail, 2.75 km WSW from Kumarau Falls on Kurupung River. Alt. 650 m. (2133 ft.)

Collector(s):

B. Hoffman 2159 with G. Marco, 23 Jul 1992

Description:

Shrub. Shrub to 0.3 m; corolla purple translucent white.

Habitat:

Growing out of rock face crevices. Montane mixed forest on sandstone boulders, canopy 15 m. Trees well-spaced, sm. diameter, mossy covered.

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: b9f3e8ff-31af-4c46-9b77-6223d25736fa

Map:

Georeferencing Method: GPS
Coordinates: (6.09167, -60.3989)

Distribution:

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