Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Clidemia capitata Benth.

All Determinations:

Clidemia capitata Benth. det. F. Almeda, May 2005

Location:

Guyana. Potaro-Siparuni. Pakaraima Mts., upper Ireng R., top of Kurutuik Falls. Alt. 800 m. (2625 ft.)

Collector(s):

T. W. Henkel 6512 with J. Husher, R. James, 16 May 1998

Description:

Shrub. Shrub, 3 m; leaves dark green above, lighter below with white hairs; calyx light green with white hairs that turn pink at top. Corolla whitish with pink center, filament clear white.

Habitat:

Tepui scrub savanna dominated by Stegolepus, Brocchinia, Drosera and sedges, grasses. On coarse gray sand.

Other:

Specimen Notes: [Specimen located at US, and data courtesy of the Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program of the Smithsonian Institution.]

Identifiers:

GUID: afb57702-149f-435c-8911-088e10a18248

Map:

Coordinates: (5.08333, -59.9833)

Distribution:

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