Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Leandra purpurea Gleason

All Determinations:

Leandra purpurea Gleason det. F. Almeda, May 2005

Location:

Guyana. Cuyuni-Mazaruni. Paruima, 5 km W; near camp on trail to Ararata savanna. Alt. 685 m. (2247 ft.)

Collector(s):

H. D. Clarke 5184 with T. Hollowell, K. David, C. Chin, C. Perry, 2 Jul 1997

Description:

Shrub. Shrub, 1 m; peduncles & pedicels red; immature fruits green, maturing blue.

Habitat:

Dense forest. With Mora gongrijppii, Sloanea & Carapa. On brown 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: 21c8856e-2357-4caf-ae27-b948a228114f

Map:

Georeferencing Method: GPS
Coordinates: (5.80694, -61.1017)

Distribution:

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