Miconia reducens Triana

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Miconia reducens Triana

  • Collector(s)

    D. S. Penneys 1584 with N.H. Williams, W.M. Whitten, M. Blanco, 23 Sep 2003

  • Location

    Ecuador. Esmeraldas. 23.5 km W of Lita on Alto Tambo-San Lorenzo road.

  • Habitat

    on roadbank.

  • Description

    Shrub, 3 m. Leaves sriking magenta abaxially; petioles sulcate above, ripple-winged below along median; peduncles, pedicels, hypanthium, calyx purple; flowers 5-merous; calyx foliaceous, white margined, overlapping; corolla purple, relfexed, emarginate; filaments and thecae purple, anther apex yellow, thecae strongly curved; style pink, stigma white, capitate; ovary 3/4 inferior, crowned; mature fruit deep purple. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    Additional material: photos; DNA; spirit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1653960

    Occurrence ID: 090443e1-95ef-454c-b45f-0c37360a4439

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Myrtales

  • Family

    Melastomataceae

  • All Determinations

    Miconia reducens Triana det D. S. Penneys, 20 Dec 2003

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Esmeraldas

  • Locality

    23.5 km W of Lita on Alto Tambo-San Lorenzo road.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 750 m. (2461 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    0.9306, -78.5611

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