Blakea venusta Kriebel, Almeda & A.Estrada

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Blakea venusta Kriebel, Almeda & A.Estrada

  • Collector(s)

    F. Almeda 10272 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 del Rio La Riqueza. Parque Nacional Natural Farallones. Cordillera Occidental.

  • Habitat

    Cloud forest. Local.

  • Description

    Viny hemiepiphyte with branches extending 2 m from trunk of host tree. No open flowers seen but petals evidently white based on maturing buds.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    EtOH, DNA

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3108541

    Occurrence ID: efeb008c-990c-4756-87b3-86cc0536dd9d

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Colombia

  • State/Province

    Valle del Cauca

  • County/Municipio

    Dagua Mun.

  • Locality

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

  • Elevation

    Alt. 650 - 810 m. (2133 - 2657 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    3.59997, -76.8935

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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03108541
03108541
California Academy of Sciences
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CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (CAS)
HERBARIO NACIONAL COLOMBIANO (COL)
PLANTS OF COLOMBIA
Melastomataceae
Blakea
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.
650-810 m	03°35.998,N,76°53.609' W
Cloud forest.
Viny hemiepiphyte with branches extending 2 m from trunk of
host tree. No open flowers seen but petals evidently white based
on maturing buds. Local.
Frank Almeda 10272	February 6,2011
w/Marcela Alvear, Darin Penneys, Gilberto Ocampo, Diego
Alvear, Isaac Alegría
Field work supported by the National Science Foundation (U.S.A.) and
authorized by the Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo
Territorial (Colombia)