Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Axinaea merianiae (DC.) Triana

Location:

Ecuador. Azuay. 31 km S of centre of Cuenca on road to Loja. Alt. 3000m. (9842 ft.)

Collector(s):

G. P. Lewis 2489 with , 15 Aug 1996

Description:

Rather spindly shrub to 1 m; leaves coriaceous, dark bottle-green glossy above, paler and dull below with blood-red veins, calyces somewhat fleshy, dark blood-red, petals waxy, pale whitish pink on inner face, mauve-pink on outer face, anthers ellipsoid, ochre-brown with a dark brown spur.

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 2450599
GUID: f753706c-aee2-4390-b68d-803f2016d674

Map:

Coordinates: (-3.13, -79.03)

Distribution:

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