Miconia herpetica DC.

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Miconia herpetica DC.

  • Collector(s)

    R. M. Harley 20052 with S. J. Mayo, R. M. Storr, T. S. dos Santos & R. S. Pinheiro, 27 Mar 1977

  • Location

    Brazil. Bahia. Rio de Contas Mun. Ca. 5 km E of the Vila do Rio de Cotas on the Marcolino Moura road.

  • Habitat

    Dry grassland on quartzite and white sand, apparently subject to flooding. This plant growing in grassland. With red lateritic soils in the valleys with cerrado.

  • Description

    Tree to ca. 3 m. with very thick corky deeply-fissured bark, greyish in color. Leaves dark green, glossy beneath, tawny beige beneath, turning greyer when old. Young inflorescences pale buff. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 521656

    Occurrence ID: 1f7d5054-923a-445d-9eb1-b788671abd5c

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Myrtales

  • Family

    Melastomataceae

  • All Determinations

    Miconia herpetica DC. det J. J. Wurdack, 1979

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Bahia

  • County/Municipio

    Rio de Contas Mun.

  • Locality

    Ca. 5 km E of the Vila do Rio de Cotas on the Marcolino Moura road

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1000 m. (3281 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -13.58, -41.8

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