Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Tibouchina stenocarpa (DC.) Cogn.

All Determinations:

Tibouchina stenocarpa (DC.) Cogn. det. J. J. Wurdack, 1974

Location:

Brazil. Goiás. Teresina de Goiás Mun. Chapada dos Veadeiros, 24 km by road S of Terezina. Alt. 1250 m. (4101 ft.)

Collector(s):

W. R. Anderson 7214 with M. T. Kalin Arroyo, S. R. Hill, R. Reis dos Santos, and R. Souza, 16 Mar 1973

Description:

Shrub 2-4 m tall; petals purple. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

Habitat:

Edge of cerrado. Region with cerrado giving way on lower slope to grassy campo traversed by stream.

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 00941807
GUID: ccc42dab-fd77-4d53-9708-eb237b3f9af1

Map:

Georeferencing Method: Online gazetteer (Terezina did not appear on the IBGE maps. On a modern road map (Atlas Rodoviário 2000), Terezina appears with GO 118 initially heading directly south then turning west. This is assumed to be the road described in the locality and coordinates are actually SW of Terezina.)
Coordinate Uncertainty(m): 5000
Geodetic Datum: WGS84
Coordinates: (-13.9298, -47.4216)

Distribution:

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