Filed As:
Melastomataceae
Killipia verticalis N.Ruiz
Melastomataceae
Killipia verticalis N.Ruiz
Location:
Colombia. Chocó. San José del Palmar Mun. Serranía de Los Paraguas. Reserva Natural El Cerro del Inglés. Western slope of the Cerro. Alt. 2160m. (7087 ft.)
Colombia. Chocó. San José del Palmar Mun. Serranía de Los Paraguas. Reserva Natural El Cerro del Inglés. Western slope of the Cerro. Alt. 2160m. (7087 ft.)
Collector(s):
F. Almeda 10314 with Marcela Alvear, Darin Penneys, Gilberto Ocampo, Humberto Mendoza, Diego Alvear, February 12, 2011
F. Almeda 10314 with Marcela Alvear, Darin Penneys, Gilberto Ocampo, Humberto Mendoza, Diego Alvear, February 12, 2011
Description:
Shrub 1.5 m tall with prominently winged internodes. Flowers cauliflorous and produced predominantly at the base of the hard woody stems. Petals 5, pale pink, incurved apically. Anthers yellow, forming a ring around the straight style. Maturing hypanthia red like the bracts and bracteoles.
Shrub 1.5 m tall with prominently winged internodes. Flowers cauliflorous and produced predominantly at the base of the hard woody stems. Petals 5, pale pink, incurved apically. Anthers yellow, forming a ring around the straight style. Maturing hypanthia red like the bracts and bracteoles.
Habitat:
Cloud forest. Local.
Cloud forest. Local.
Feature Notes:
EtOH, DNA
EtOH, DNA
Identifiers:
NY Barcode: 3108517
GUID: 2779d4b3-0130-414a-b0a7-b19f9c9d62ae
NY Barcode: 3108517
GUID: 2779d4b3-0130-414a-b0a7-b19f9c9d62ae
Map:
Coordinates: (4.73947, -76.3121)
Coordinates: (4.73947, -76.3121)