Blakea litoralis L.O.Williams

• Region

  Central America

• Country

  Costa Rica

• State/Province

  Alajuela

• Locality

  Pocosol Biological Station. Sendero Principal, near Laguna Pocosol

• Elevation

  Alt. 790 m. (2592 ft.)

• Coordinates

  10.3522, -84.6733

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

PLANTS OF COSTA RICA
<Melastomataceae>
Blakea litoralis L. O. Williams
det. D. S. Penneys, 1 Sept. 2005
Prov. Alajuela: Pocosol Biological Station. Sendero
Principal, near Laguna Pocosol. Elev. 790m.
Thin-stemmed hemiepiphytic shrub, usually attached to
host trunk less than 1 m from ground, the stems ca. 2cm dia.
Pit acarodomatia in leaf-vein axils. Petals rotate,
magenta-pink; stamens strongly declined above style in a
tight ring, the anthers connate, filaments pink, thecae
yellow, connectives brownish-pink; style sigmoid, pink
basally, white apically. Fruit red. Common.
Lat. 10 21.13N Long. 84 40.24W Datum: WGS 84.
coll. Darin S. Penneys # 1799	1 Sept. 2005
Additional material: photos; DNA; spirit.
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