Tetrazygia decorticans Bécquer

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Tetrazygia decorticans Bécquer ( isotype )

  • Collector(s)

    E. R. Bécquer Granados HFC82464 with R. Abboott, 16 May 2004

  • Location

    Cuba. Sancti Spíritus. Reserva Ecológica Alturas de Banao, base de la Teta de Juana, orillas del Arroyo del Túnel de Caja de Agua.

  • Habitat

    Seasonally wet evergreen forest with Clidemia barbeyana, Meriania leucantha subsp. nana, Miconia prasina, Tetrazygia bicolor, Alsophila cubensis, Calyptronoma plumeriana, Casearia sylvestris, Cinnamomum montanum, Citharexylon caudatum. Cyathea arborea, Dendropanax arboreus, Faramea occidentalis, Ocotea leucoxylon, Tabernaemontana ambliocarpa, Wallenia laurifolia.

  • Description

    tree, to 30 m. tall. [From protologue: Tree to ca. 10 m. tall, with reddish bark that peels off in long laminar shreds; fresh leaves shing dark green above; petals white (tree mostly in bud). Phenology of specimen: Fertile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1085445

    Occurrence ID: be998a7b-6a29-4b33-b1ae-9b806ee975e4

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  • Region

    West Indies

  • Country

    Cuba

  • State/Province

    Sancti Spíritus

  • Locality

    Reserva Ecológica Alturas de Banao, base de la Teta de Juana, orillas del Arroyo del Túnel de Caja de Agua.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 640 m. (2100 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    21.8639, -79.5999

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