Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Clidemia capitellata (Bonpl.) D.Don var. capitellata

All Determinations:

Clidemia capitellata (Bonpl.) D.Don var. capitellata det. J. J. Wurdack, 1993

Location:

Guyana. Potaro-Siparuni. Pakaraima Mts, Upper Ireng R; 0.5 km E of Cipo settlement and adjacent savanna ridges 3-5 km SW. Alt. 570 - 750 m. (1870 - 2461 ft.)

Collector(s):

T. W. Henkel 790 with M. Chin, W. Ryan, 16 Jan 1993

Description:

Shrub. Shrub 1 m; vestiture brown; petals white tinged with pink; androecium and style white.

Habitat:

Mosaic of streamside swamp, dry savanna slopes and dry and intermittent streams with attendant xeromorphic gallery forests. Swamp with Mauritia, Melastomataceae, Rubiaceae, and Heliconia; savanna slopes with Trachypogon, Curatella, Byrsonima; forests with Clusia, Vochysia, and Melastomataceae.

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: c6a9daac-3191-4033-9ee3-23637dd0aa74

Map:

Coordinates: (4.81667, -60.0167)

Distribution:

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