Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Axinaea nitida Cogn.

Location:

Peru. Amazonas. Utcubamba Prov. Uchumarca, Chuquibamba. Cloud forest around Cochabamba. Alt. 2660m. (8727 ft.)

Collector(s):

R. W. Bussmann 18595 with Narel Paniagua Zambrana; Carlos Vega Ocaña; Carolina Téllez; and Isabel Dias Vega, 19 Nov 2013

Description:

4-6 m tall tree, glabrous, petioles bright red, anther appendices yellow-orange. Flowers 2 cm wide, magenta, style curved, red.

Habitat:

At cloud forest edge.

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 02514330
GUID: b0bedd9f-0b51-45a0-ae64-7fe43dc497b8

Map:

Coordinates: (-6.9186, -77.8972)

Distribution:

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