Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Axinaea merianiae (DC.) Triana

Location:

Ecuador. Azuay. 67 km S of centre of Cuenca on road to Loja. Alt. 2890 - 3090 m. (9482 - 10138 ft.)

Collector(s):

G. P. Lewis 2507 with , 16 Aug 1996

Description:

Multiple-stemmed compact, elegant shrub to 4 m, stems brown, young stems reddish; leaves coriaceous, slightly discolorous, dark green glossy above, somewhat paler and dull below, calyces dark blood-red, corollas in bud dark pink, petal outer surface pale pinkish mauve, inner face pale whitish pink, anthers ochre-brown with a dark purplish black spur.

Habitat:

Bosque andino and elfin coriaceous shrub.

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 2450589
GUID: 36fb8a0a-ca96-4780-abc4-8649179a1a6e

Map:

Coordinates: (-3.23, -79.12)

Distribution:

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