Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Aciotis purpurascens (Aubl.) Triana

All Determinations:

Aciotis purpurascens (Aubl.) Triana det. J. J. Wurdack, 1993
Note: ! Alina Freire Fierro, 1998

Location:

Guyana. Upper Demerara-Berbice. Berbice River, 230 km upriver from mouth, N of Kwakwani; Aroiama Mining Co. land concession. Alt. 70m. (230 ft.)

Collector(s):

B. Hoffman 4004 with G. Aymard, 21 Apr 1993

Description:

Herb. Herb 0.3 m; corolla white, then pink distally; fruit translucent green.

Habitat:

In wet area. Mixed evergreen forest (mostly disturbed). 'Morabukea (Mora gongrijpii, Hoffman 3998) dominant. On brown sandy loam over bauxite deposits; gently undulating terrain.

Other:

Collection Notes: "Man and the Biosphere Program plot study."
Specimen Notes: [Specimen located at US, and data courtesy of the Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program of the Smithsonian Institution.]

Identifiers:

GUID: 9725b886-6e12-4ff4-a976-3c9a2c53ee8b

Map:

Coordinates: (5.66667, -58)

Distribution:

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