Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Meriania urceolata Triana
All Determinations:

Meriania urceolata Triana det. D. S. Penneys, 2007
Note: ! F.A. Michelangeli, Oct 2007

Location:

Guyana. Potaro-Siparuni. Kaieteur National Park. Above falls. Alt. 466 m. (1529 ft.)
Collector(s):

K. M. Redden 3896 with C. Perry, K. Wurdack, K. Glennon, E. Liverpool, P. Benjamin, C. Hinchliff, 30 Aug 2006
Description:

Tree. Tree, 5-7 meters tall. Plant tomentose. calyx brown tomentose; petals purple; filaments white; top portion of anther dark purple, lower part white; stigma and style purple. Fruit a capsule.
Habitat:

Trail leading to Boy Scout Lookout and Johnson's Lookout. Cloud forest. Lots of epiphytes present.
Other:

Specimen Notes: [Specimen located at US (barcode 00963988), and data courtesy of the Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program of the Smithsonian Institution.]
Identifiers:

GUID: b5d2adb3-65ba-4133-8810-f47f74a2c2a7
Map:

Georeferencing Method: GPS
Coordinates: (5.17944, -59.4836)

Distribution:

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