Blakea wilsoniorum Almeda

• Region

  Central America

• Country

  Costa Rica

• State/Province

  Puntarenas

• Locality

  4.7 km from the Wilson Botanical Garden on road to Ciudad Neily

• Elevation

  Alt. 1070 m. (3510 ft.)

• Coordinates

  8.7583, -82.9469

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84/NAD83

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

PLANTS OF COSTA RICA
<Melastomataceae>
Blakea wilsoniorum Almeda
det. D. S. Penneys, 9 Sept. 2005
Prov. Puntarenas: 4.7km from the Wilson Botanical
Garden on road to Ciudad Neily. Elev. 1070m. Tree 7m.
Floral bracts green, the inner bracts forming a bowl-shaped
collar, flaring apically, and tightly enveloping the
hypanthium; petals white, faintly pink-tinged, often
distinctly pink abaxially on surface exposed in bud;
filaments white, anthers free, yellow, in a semicircle above
the greenish-cream, slightly curving style; adaxial calyx
lobes cream, becoming red in fruit. Flowers with an
unpleasant, musky odor. Infrequent.
Lat. 08 45.50N Long. 82 56.82W Datum: WGS 84.
coll. Darin S. Penneys # 1820	9 Sept. 2005
Additional material: photos; DNA; spirit.
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