Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Clidemia pycnaster Tutin

Location:

Guyana. Potaro-Siparuni. Kaieteur Savanna. Alt. 366 m. (1201 ft.)

Collector(s):

N. Y. Sandwith 1427 with KEW Expedition to British Guiana, 1937, 7 Sep 1937

Description:

Shrub. Shrub with tawny indumentum on branchlets. Fls tetramerous. Petals dirty white with longitudinal median pinkish-mauve line. A form differing from type in shape and toothing of leaves and larger flowers.

Habitat:

Sandy ground in high forest skirting the savanna.

Other:

Specimen Notes: [Specimen located at US (barcode 00615151), and data courtesy of the Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program of the Smithsonian Institution.]

Identifiers:

GUID: 992403a2-ab67-406d-800b-791d1fc48b84

Map:

Coordinates: (5.16667, -59.4833)

Distribution:

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