Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Macrocentrum cristatum (DC.) Triana

All Determinations:

Macrocentrum cristatum (DC.) Triana det. T. H. Hollowell, 1999
Note: ! F. Almeda & D. Penneys, Jun 2002

Location:

Guyana. Potaro-Siparuni. Iwokrama Reserve. Essequibo watershed; Georgetown/Lethem Road, Mount Daniel transect. Alt. 100 - 150 m. (328 - 492 ft.)

Collector(s):

P. A. Mutchnick 955 with , 27 Feb 1995

Description:

Shrub. Spreading shrub, 0.3 m; lvs with light pubescence; adaxial leaf with white dots; abaxial purple; calyx green; petals white. Filaments white then purple; anthers yellow.

Habitat:

Mesic forest on sandy soils dominated by Ocotea, Eperua and Lecythidaceae.

Other:

Specimen Notes: [Specimen located at US (barcode 00652978), and data courtesy of the Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program of the Smithsonian Institution.]

Identifiers:

GUID: 755509d4-3cb8-4c0d-bffd-20f803f8a0e5

Map:

Georeferencing Method: GPS
Coordinates: (4.47389, -58.7847)

Distribution:

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