Blakea paleacea Gleason

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Blakea paleacea Gleason

  • Collector(s)

    F. Almeda 10254 with Marcela Alvear, Darin Penneys, Gilberto Ocampo, Diego Alvear, Isaac Alegria, February 6, 2011

  • Location

    Colombia. Valle del Cauca. Dagua Mun. Corregimiento Queremal. Trail off of (upslope) Quebrada La Riqueza. Parque Nacional Natural Farallones. Cordillera Occidental.

  • Habitat

    Cloud forest. Common.

  • Description

    Terrestrial shrub to 4 m tall. Flowers 6-merous. Petals pink, apically with a purplish-blue flush at the base and white along the middle of each petal. Filaments and anthers white. Style pink. Ovary apex white with a red ring around the style base.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    EtOH, DNA

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3676589

    Occurrence ID: 8be8418d-1a80-486f-a079-ea609d5e2eb5

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Myrtales

  • Family

    Melastomataceae

  • All Determinations

    Blakea paleacea Gleason det D. S. Penneys, 2012

    Blakea

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Colombia

  • State/Province

    Valle del Cauca

  • County/Municipio

    Dagua Mun.

  • Locality

    Corregimiento Queremal. Trail off of (upslope) Quebrada La Riqueza. Parque Nacional Natural Farallones. Cordillera Occidental

  • Elevation

    Alt. 550 - 650 m. (1804 - 2133 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    3.59472, -76.892

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
03676589
03676589
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
San Francisco, CA
Blakea paleacea Gleason
Det. By: Darin S. Penneys
2012
Blakea
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (CAS)
HERBARIO NACIONAL COLOMBIANO (COL)
PLANTS OF COLOMBIA
Melastomataceae
Ufi.
Valle del Cauca. Municipio de Dagua, Corregimiento Queremal.
Parque Nacional Natural Farallones. Sector Alto Anchicaya. Trail
off of (upslope) Quebrada La Riqueza. Cordillera Occidental,
vertiente occidental.
Cloud forest.
Terrestrial shrub to 4 m tall. Flowers 6-merous. Petals pink,
apically with a purplish-blue flush at the base and white along the
middle of each petal. Filaments and anthers white. Style pink.
Ovary apex white with a red ring around the style base. Common.
Frank Almeda 10254 01^)	February 6,2011
w/Marcela Alvear, Darin Penneys, Gilberto Ocampo, Diego
Alvear, Isaac Alegria
Field work supported by the National Science Foundation (U.S.A.) and
authorized by the Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo
Territorial (Colombia)
550-650 m
03°35.683' N, 76°53.521' W