Monochaetum strigosum Cogn.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Colombia

• State/Province

  Boyacá

• County/Municipio

  Arcabuco Mun.

• Locality

  Road to La Palma from Arcabuco.

• Coordinates

  5.77543, -73.4929

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  6642

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Unable to distinguish road. Located coord. of geogr. center between the two localities by measuring between geogr. centers of La Palma + Arabuco; halving dist. Used halved dist. as linear extent. Input info into MaNIS Georef. Calc. to find uncert.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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PLANTS OF COLOMBIA
California Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Herbario Nacional Colombiano (COL)
Melastomataceae
Monochaetum strigosum Cogn.
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Colombia. Boyacâ/ Santander border. Municipio Arcabuco. Road to
La Palma from Arcabuco.
2656 m	5° 45.934’ N, 73° 25.584' W
WGS84
Disturbed roadside near Bosque Andino dominated by Quercus
humboldtii.
Shrubs to 1 m tall. Flowers 4-merous. Petals magenta, spreading.
Filaments and style pink. Large and small anthers orange.
Appendages yellow. Hypanthia and calyx lobes red. Local.
Frank Almeda 10490	02/15/2012
Marcela Alvear, Gilberto Ocampo, Humberto Mendoza, Adolfo
Cortes, José Gregorio Velasco, Diego Alvear
Field work was supported, in part, by the M. Stanley Rundel Charitable Trust (U.S.A.) and the
California Academy of Sciences and authorized by Autoridad Nacional de Licencias
Ambientales ANLA - Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (Colombia)