Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Meriania furvanthera Wurdack

All Determinations:

Meriania furvanthera Wurdack det. E. Cotton, May 1997

Location:

Ecuador. Loja. Parque Nacional de Podocarpus, Cajanuma, El Mirador. Alt. 2850m. (9350 ft.)

Collector(s):

G. P. Lewis 3314 with E. Cotton, 20 May 1997

Description:

Treelet, 4 m x 10 - 15 cm; leaves subfleshy, dark green glossy above, paler and dull below; calyces brown, petals apricot to salmon-pink, stamens purple-magenta, style scarlet; very showy pendent flower with imbricate petals rolled back slightly at their apices. Phenology of specimen: Fertile.

Habitat:

Bosque humedo montano. Bosque understorey. Local and uncommon.

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 2500030
GUID: 0d0a3b47-1d2d-48ad-aa0d-4214648c274d

Map:

Coordinates: (-4.11208, -79.1772)

Distribution:

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