Miconia myrtillifolia Naudin

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Miconia myrtillifolia Naudin

  • Collector(s)

    F. Almeda 10619, 05 Mar 2012

  • Location

    Colombia. Norte de Santander. Herrán Mun. Vereda Siberia. Parque Nacional Natural Tamá. Sector Orocué. Sendero to Alto del Pesebre.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    EtOH, DNA

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3676684

    Occurrence ID: c82812bf-4a2a-4d9f-9b6a-d75d14b83487

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Colombia

  • State/Province

    Norte de Santander

  • County/Municipio

    Herrán Mun.

  • Locality

    Vereda Siberia. Parque Nacional Natural Tamá. Sector Orocué. Sendero to Alto del Pesebre.

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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PLANTS OF COLOMBIA
California Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Herbario Nacional Colombiano (COL)
Melastomataceae
Miconia myrtillifolia Naudin
Colombia. Norte de Santander: Municipio of Herran. Vereda
Siberia. Parque Nacional Natural Tamâ. Sector Orocué. Sendero to
Alto del Pesebre.
2820 m
Andean forest
Sprawling shrub with branches to 1 m long. Flowers 5-merous.
Petals spreading, white but turning pink and persisting after style
and androecium have fallen away. Filaments white like straight
style which is about same length as the filaments. Anthers yellow,
erect. Berry purple at maturity with a distinct terminal neck and
persistent calyx lobes. One plant seen.
Frank Almeda 10619	03/05/2012
Marcela Alvear, Humberto Mendoza, José David García, Oscar
Gereda, Julio Cesar Contreras, Diego Alvear
7° 24.210* N, 72° 26.559'W
WGS84
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)