Blakea alternifolia (Gleason) Gleason

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Blakea alternifolia (Gleason) Gleason

  • Collector(s)

    F. Almeda 10428, 31 Jan 2012

  • Location

    Colombia. Chocó. Atrato Mun. Corregimiento Doña Josefa. Road between Quibdó and Municipio de Atrato (formerly Yuto), 1 km on the road to Corregimiento Doña Josefa on the Finca Faya, property of Fabio García Cossio. Disturbed area around the house.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    EtOH, DNA

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3676802

    Occurrence ID: ab289a3b-8bcc-4cab-844c-58fd1959dd21

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Colombia

  • State/Province

    Chocó

  • County/Municipio

    Atrato Mun.

  • Locality

    Corregimiento Doña Josefa. Road between Quibdó and Municipio de Atrato (formerly Yuto), 1 km on the road to Corregimiento Doña Josefa on the Finca Faya, property of Fabio García Cossio. Disturbed area around the house

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California Academy of Sciences
Almeda 10428
Blakea alternifolia (Gleason) Gleason
Det. by: Darin S. Penneys	Feb. 2014
PLANTAS DE COLOMBIA
California Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Herbario Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó (CHOCO)
Melastomataceae
Blakea alternifolia (Gleason) Gleason
Colombia. Chocó. Municipio de Atrato. Corregimiento Doña
Josefa. Road between Quibdó and Municipio de Atrato (formerly
Yuto), 1 km on the road to Corregimiento Doña Josefa on the Finca
Faya, property of Fabio Garcia Cossio. Disturbed area around the
house.
85.0 m	5° 33.978'N, 76° 37.963'W
Disturbed area.
Hemiepiphyte up to 6 m on host tree. Flowers 6-merous. Petals
greenish. Filaments and anthers yellow. Style also yellow but white
apically like the stigma. Floral bracts green, reflexed in fruit. Mature
berries reddish-pink. Calyx green and reflexed on fruit. Occasional.
Frank Almeda 10428	31-Jan-12
Marcela Alvear, Gilberto Ocampo, Eva Ledezma Renteria, Fabio
Garcia Cossio, Breyner Martinez
Field work and collections made in collaboration with the Herbario Universidad
Tecnológica del Chocó (CHOCO). Field work was supported, in part, by the M.
Stanley Rundel Charitable Trust (U.S.A.) and the California Academy of Sciences.
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