Tococa desiliens Gleason

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Tococa desiliens Gleason

  • Collector(s)

    B. Maguire 23293 with Fanshawe, D. B., 8 May 1944

  • Location

    Guyana. Kaieteur.

  • Habitat

    Savanna.

  • Description

    Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 793828

    Occurrence ID: 497c59cc-7f92-4bcd-a32d-b338248e87eb

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Myrtales

  • Family

    Melastomataceae

  • All Determinations

    Tococa desiliens Gleason det H. A. Gleason, 1945

L Michelangeli
iley Hortorium (BH) Systematic Revision of Tococa
Tococa desiliens Gleason
Nov. 1999
British Guiana Forest Department - New York Botanioal Garden
i Plants of^the Kaieteur piajteau, Bri,fcish Guiana
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Tococa desiliens Gleason
Det. H.A.Gleason, 19^5
Rare; shrub to A m. high,» 2—5 cm* diameter,
oDen-crowned; petals part pink, part white,^
calyx truncate, anthers white, filaments pink;
young fruit green; from Terminalia forest;
Bassett Maguire___|____
Expedition financed in part by aid from the American Philosophical
Society, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
and Mr. Pierre Jay
nfw YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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