Filed As:
Melastomataceae
Microlicia luetzelburgii Markgr.
Melastomataceae
Microlicia luetzelburgii Markgr.
Location:
Brazil. Bahia. Serra do Rio de Contas; between 2.5 and 5 km S of the Vila do Rio de Contas on side road to W of the road to Livramento, leading to the Rio Brumado. Alt. 980 m. (3215 ft.)
Brazil. Bahia. Serra do Rio de Contas; between 2.5 and 5 km S of the Vila do Rio de Contas on side road to W of the road to Livramento, leading to the Rio Brumado. Alt. 980 m. (3215 ft.)
Collector(s):
R. M. Harley 20090 with S. J. Mayo, R. M. Storr, T. S. Santos & R. Pinheiro, 28 Mar 1977
R. M. Harley 20090 with S. J. Mayo, R. M. Storr, T. S. Santos & R. Pinheiro, 28 Mar 1977
Description:
Erect bushy shrub to 2.5 m. with slender tortuous wiry branches. Leaves weakly imbricated crowded at the pendulous tips of the branches. Leaves mid-green slightly paler beneath, viscid and with sickly sweet odour. Ovary red-tinged. Petals fallen, but remains apparently white yellow. Phenology of specimen: Flower.
Erect bushy shrub to 2.5 m. with slender tortuous wiry branches. Leaves weakly imbricated crowded at the pendulous tips of the branches. Leaves mid-green slightly paler beneath, viscid and with sickly sweet odour. Ovary red-tinged. Petals fallen, but remains apparently white yellow. Phenology of specimen: Flower.
Habitat:
Rocky riverside with rapids, riverine vegetation, cerrado with sandstone outcrops and some grasslands areas subject to flooding but dry at time of collection. This plant growing in cerrado/grassland junction.
Rocky riverside with rapids, riverine vegetation, cerrado with sandstone outcrops and some grasslands areas subject to flooding but dry at time of collection. This plant growing in cerrado/grassland junction.
Identifiers:
NY Barcode: 522608
GUID: 1a6efd15-24ec-4ea0-bf62-e276829df66a
NY Barcode: 522608
GUID: 1a6efd15-24ec-4ea0-bf62-e276829df66a
Map:
Coordinates: (-13.6, -41.83)
Coordinates: (-13.6, -41.83)