Filed As:
Melastomataceae
Leandra procumbens Ule
Melastomataceae
Leandra procumbens Ule
Location:
Guyana. Cuyuni-Mazaruni. Pakaraima Mountains; NE plateau of Mt. Ayanganna. Alt. 1500 - 1650 m. (4921 - 5413 ft.)
Guyana. Cuyuni-Mazaruni. Pakaraima Mountains; NE plateau of Mt. Ayanganna. Alt. 1500 - 1650 m. (4921 - 5413 ft.)
Description:
Shrub. Trailing shrub; stems with black to red hairs; inflor. rachis wine-red. Leaves light green with purple veins below, green to red green above, coriaceous. Calyx black red; corolla light purple; anthers cream; filaments dark pink; style grading white to dark pink distally; fruit dark metallic blue, subglobose, to 0.6 x 1.0 cm.
Shrub. Trailing shrub; stems with black to red hairs; inflor. rachis wine-red. Leaves light green with purple veins below, green to red green above, coriaceous. Calyx black red; corolla light purple; anthers cream; filaments dark pink; style grading white to dark pink distally; fruit dark metallic blue, subglobose, to 0.6 x 1.0 cm.
Habitat:
Open scrub, trees to 8 m; moist slopes, small plateaus. Clusia, Melastomataceae, Malpighiaceae, Arecaceae, and Asteraceae dominants. Occasional bamboo thickets. Sandstone talus and boulders.
Open scrub, trees to 8 m; moist slopes, small plateaus. Clusia, Melastomataceae, Malpighiaceae, Arecaceae, and Asteraceae dominants. Occasional bamboo thickets. Sandstone talus and boulders.
Other:
Specimen Notes: [Specimen located at US, and data courtesy of the Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program of the Smithsonian Institution.]
Specimen Notes: [Specimen located at US, and data courtesy of the Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program of the Smithsonian Institution.]
Identifiers:
GUID: f217c6b4-7c0c-4942-ab9c-2cc1c0d840c5
GUID: f217c6b4-7c0c-4942-ab9c-2cc1c0d840c5
Map:
Georeferencing Method: GPS
Coordinates: (5.39167, -59.975)
Georeferencing Method: GPS
Coordinates: (5.39167, -59.975)