Taxon Details: Leandra granatensis Gleason
Taxon Profile:
Narratives:
Family:
Melastomataceae (Magnoliophyta)
Melastomataceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:
Leandra granatensis Gleason
Leandra granatensis Gleason
Accepted Name:
This name is currently accepted.
This name is currently accepted.
Description:
Description Author and Date: Frank Almeda, based on Almeda, F. (2009). Melastomataceae. In: G. Davidse, M. Sousa-Sânchez, S. Knapp, & F. Chiang (eds.), Flora Mesoamericana: Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): 164-338.
Type: Holotype: Colombia, Haught 1311 (NY!).
Description: Shrub 1-5 m tall, the branchlets, petioles, primary leaf veins abaxially, and inflorescences densely strigose with smooth appressed hairs mostly 1-2 mm long. Leaves 10-33 X 5-14 cm, ovate, (5-)7-nerved, base broadly acute to obtuse or rounded, apex gradually acuminate, the margin ciliate-serrulate, sparsely to moderately covered with loosely appressed smooth hairs on both surfaces. Inflorescences 7-19 cm long; flowers 5-merous, sessile and secund on the branchlets; the persistent bracteoles 1.5-2 mm long. Hypanthium covered with appressed smooth (sometimes gland-tipped) hairs 1-1.5 mm long and with an inconspicuous understory of minute glandlike hairs; calyx lobes hemispheric, 0.3-0.5 mm long but concealed and exceeded by the oblong projecting exterior teeth. Petals white to pale pink, glabrous, 2-2.5 X 0.5 mm. Filaments 2-3 mm long; anther sacs pink, 1-1.5 mm long, the pore somewhat ventrally inclined. Ovary 5-celled, 2/3 inferior, berry 4-5 mm in diameter, red-purple to blue-black when ripe. Seeds ca 0.3 mm long. 2n=30.
Habitat and Distribution: Disturbed sites, rain forest. 0-500 m. (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador.) NICARAGUA (Neill 2579, CAS); COSTA RICA (Almeda et al. 3401, CAS); PANAMA (Knapp et al. 4740, CAS).
Notes: [Description based only on Mesoamerican specimens.]
Description Author and Date: Frank Almeda, based on Almeda, F. (2009). Melastomataceae. In: G. Davidse, M. Sousa-Sânchez, S. Knapp, & F. Chiang (eds.), Flora Mesoamericana: Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): 164-338.
Type: Holotype: Colombia, Haught 1311 (NY!).
Description: Shrub 1-5 m tall, the branchlets, petioles, primary leaf veins abaxially, and inflorescences densely strigose with smooth appressed hairs mostly 1-2 mm long. Leaves 10-33 X 5-14 cm, ovate, (5-)7-nerved, base broadly acute to obtuse or rounded, apex gradually acuminate, the margin ciliate-serrulate, sparsely to moderately covered with loosely appressed smooth hairs on both surfaces. Inflorescences 7-19 cm long; flowers 5-merous, sessile and secund on the branchlets; the persistent bracteoles 1.5-2 mm long. Hypanthium covered with appressed smooth (sometimes gland-tipped) hairs 1-1.5 mm long and with an inconspicuous understory of minute glandlike hairs; calyx lobes hemispheric, 0.3-0.5 mm long but concealed and exceeded by the oblong projecting exterior teeth. Petals white to pale pink, glabrous, 2-2.5 X 0.5 mm. Filaments 2-3 mm long; anther sacs pink, 1-1.5 mm long, the pore somewhat ventrally inclined. Ovary 5-celled, 2/3 inferior, berry 4-5 mm in diameter, red-purple to blue-black when ripe. Seeds ca 0.3 mm long. 2n=30.
Habitat and Distribution: Disturbed sites, rain forest. 0-500 m. (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador.) NICARAGUA (Neill 2579, CAS); COSTA RICA (Almeda et al. 3401, CAS); PANAMA (Knapp et al. 4740, CAS).
Notes: [Description based only on Mesoamerican specimens.]
Related Objects:
• O. L. Haught 1311, holotype; South America
• K. J. Sytsma 1060, Panama
• A. Jiménez M. 4150, Costa Rica
• G. W. Harling 4572, Ecuador
• H. Kennedy 1813, Panama
• T. McDowell 682, Costa Rica
• D. A. Neill 11348, Ecuador
• O. Haught 1786, Colombia
• J. Araque Molina 19Ch59, Colombia
• K. von Sneidern 4893, Colombia
• A. Fernandez 342, Colombia
• H. P. Fuchs 21822, Colombia
• G. Harling 4621, Ecuador
• N. Betancourt 99, Ecuador
• G. Harling 4286, Ecuador
• K. von Sneidern 4893, Colombia
• F. Almeda 10238, Colombia
• L. Arias 008, Colombia
• R. Romero-Castañeda 2638, Colombia
• B. A. Hernandez de López 1484, Costa Rica
• H. Kennedy 1911, Costa Rica
• F. Murillo 123, Costa Rica
• L. D. Vargas 3496, Costa Rica
• D. Solano 3623, Costa Rica
• J. F. Morales Quirós 9777, Costa Rica
• D. Santamaría-Aguilar 1280, Costa Rica
• M. Alvear 1534, Colombia
• E. Asplund 16337, Ecuador
• E. Mora 605, Costa Rica
• M. H. Nee 27783, Nicaragua
• E. P. Killip 35047, Colombia
• E. P. Killip 33265, Colombia
• T. B. Croat 11392, Panama
• P. H. Raven 21501, Costa Rica
• A. H. Gentry 17530, Colombia
• A. H. Gentry 17182, Colombia
• C. D. Játiva 710, Ecuador
• Leandra granatensis Gleason
• P. H. Allen 3672, Panama
• G. S. Bunting 10247, Venezuela
• A. L. Bernardi 1938, Venezuela
• J. A. Steyermark 96706, Venezuela
• J. Cuatrecasas 21492, Colombia
• J. Cuatrecasas 16968, Colombia
• J. Cuatrecasas 15961, Colombia
• J. Cuatrecasas 16924, Colombia
• J. Cuatrecasas 14090, Colombia
• K. J. Sytsma 1060, Panama
• A. Jiménez M. 4150, Costa Rica
• G. W. Harling 4572, Ecuador
• H. Kennedy 1813, Panama
• T. McDowell 682, Costa Rica
• D. A. Neill 11348, Ecuador
• O. Haught 1786, Colombia
• J. Araque Molina 19Ch59, Colombia
• K. von Sneidern 4893, Colombia
• A. Fernandez 342, Colombia
• H. P. Fuchs 21822, Colombia
• G. Harling 4621, Ecuador
• N. Betancourt 99, Ecuador
• G. Harling 4286, Ecuador
• K. von Sneidern 4893, Colombia
• F. Almeda 10238, Colombia
• L. Arias 008, Colombia
• R. Romero-Castañeda 2638, Colombia
• B. A. Hernandez de López 1484, Costa Rica
• H. Kennedy 1911, Costa Rica
• F. Murillo 123, Costa Rica
• L. D. Vargas 3496, Costa Rica
• D. Solano 3623, Costa Rica
• J. F. Morales Quirós 9777, Costa Rica
• D. Santamaría-Aguilar 1280, Costa Rica
• M. Alvear 1534, Colombia
• E. Asplund 16337, Ecuador
• E. Mora 605, Costa Rica
• M. H. Nee 27783, Nicaragua
• E. P. Killip 35047, Colombia
• E. P. Killip 33265, Colombia
• T. B. Croat 11392, Panama
• P. H. Raven 21501, Costa Rica
• A. H. Gentry 17530, Colombia
• A. H. Gentry 17182, Colombia
• C. D. Játiva 710, Ecuador
• Leandra granatensis Gleason
• P. H. Allen 3672, Panama
• G. S. Bunting 10247, Venezuela
• A. L. Bernardi 1938, Venezuela
• J. A. Steyermark 96706, Venezuela
• J. Cuatrecasas 21492, Colombia
• J. Cuatrecasas 16968, Colombia
• J. Cuatrecasas 15961, Colombia
• J. Cuatrecasas 16924, Colombia
• J. Cuatrecasas 14090, Colombia