Graffenrieda uribei Wurdack

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Graffenrieda uribei Wurdack

  • Collector(s)

    F. Almeda 10222 with Marcela Alvear, Darin Penneys, Gilberto Ocampo, Philip Silverstone-Sopkin, Diego Alvear, February 2, 2011

  • Location

    Colombia. Valle del Cauca. Santiago de Cali Mun. Corregimiento La Elvira. Finca Los Sauces, km 4 on the road to Dapa (km 18 on the road from Cali to Buenaventura), near Quebrada Aguas Claras. Cordillera Occidental, vertiente oriental.

  • Habitat

    Cloud forest. Uncommon.

  • Description

    Tree 7 m tall with extraordinary large leaves to more than 4 dm long. No flowers seen. Only old pendant infrutescences collected. Upper internodes quadrate, producing a clear sticky sap when cut with medullary vascular bundles evident in the pith.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    DNA

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3676735

    Occurrence ID: 51189172-75f0-445b-bd43-da72b78ff52d

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Colombia

  • State/Province

    Valle del Cauca

  • County/Municipio

    Santiago de Cali Mun.

  • Locality

    Corregimiento La Elvira. Finca Los Sauces, km 4 on the road to Dapa (km 18 on the road from Cali to Buenaventura), near Quebrada Aguas Claras. Cordillera Occidental, vertiente oriental.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1890 m. (6201 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    3.54039, -76.6018

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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BOTANICAL
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
03676735
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
San Francisco, CA
Graffenrieda aff. uribei Wurdack	f. Aimeda 10222
Det. By: Humberto Mendoza	June 2012
Tree 7 m tall with extraordinary large leaves to more than 4 dm
long. No flowers seen. Only old pendant infructescences collected.
Upper intemodes quadrate, producing a clear sticky sap when cut
with medullary vascular bundles evident in the pith. Uncommon.
Frank Aimeda 10222	February 2,2011
w/Marcela Alvear, Darin Penneys, Gilberto Ocampo, Philip
Silverstone-Sopkin, Diego Alvear
Field work supported by the National Science Foundation (U.S.A.) and
authorized by the Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo
Territorial (Colombia)
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (CAS)
HERBARIO NACIONAL COLOMBIANO (COL)
PLANTS OF COLOMBIA
Melastomataceae
Graffenrieda
Cloud forest.
Valle del Cauca. Municipio de Cali, Corregimiento La Elvira.
Finca Los Sauces, km 4 on the road to Dapa (km 18 on the road
from Cali to Buenaventura), near Quebrada Aguas Claras.
Cordillera Occidental, vertiente oriental.
1890 m	03°32.424' N, 76°36.107’ W
03676735