Blakea cuprina Penneys & Judd

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Blakea cuprina Penneys & Judd

  • Collector(s)

    F. Almeda 10433, 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. Trail to quebrada Taita Pablo.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    DNA

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3108563

    Occurrence ID: 774ac389-461f-4488-b020-c520a7604ef7

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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. Trail to quebrada Taita Pablo

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
03108563
03108563
California Academy of Sciences
Almeda 10433
Blakea cuprina Penneys & Judd
Det. by: Darin S. Penneys	Feb. 2014
PLANTAS DE COLOMBIA
California Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Herbario Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó (CHOCO)
Melastomataceae
Blakea
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. Trail to quebrada Taita
Pablo.
99.0 m	5° 33.993' N, 76° 37.993' W
Secondary Bosque Pluvial Tropical.
Hemiepiphyte up to 6 m on trunk of host tree. No flowers seen.
Leaves green adaxially and covered with whitish indument
abaxially. Maturing berries and ovary apex pink-red. Calyx lobes
recurved with copious white tricornes. One plant seen.
Frank Almeda 10433	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.