Microlicia pulcherrima (DC.) Versiane & R.Romero

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Minas Gerais

• County/Municipio

  Santo Antonio do Itambe Mun.

• Locality

  Parque Estadual do Pico do Itambe, from the Fazenda at 1367 m to the summit of Pico do Itambe at 2038 m, along the main trail.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1367 - 2038 m. (4485 - 6686 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -18.3987, -43.3482

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (CAS)
UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS (UEC)
PLANTS OF BRAZIL
Melastomataceae
Lavoisiera pulcherrima DC.
Minas Gerais. Municipio Santo Antonio do Itambe. Parque
Estadual do Pico do Itambe, from the Fazenda at 1367 m to the
summit of Pico do Itambe at 2038 m, along the main trail.
1367-2038 m	-18.39868°,-43.34816°
Campo rupestre and campo limpo vegetation interspersed with
wooded areas around rock outcrops and gallery forests.
Growing between 1367 and 1387 m elevation.
Shrubs or trees to 4 m tall with open branching. Leaves with a
glaucous cast. Flowers 8-merous. Petals fused at very base and
abscising as a unit with androecium. Petals pink throughout with
darker venation. Filaments white basally, otherwise red. Anthers
and pedoconnectives red with all appendages yellow. Local.
F. Almeda 9666	2 March 2009
A.B. Martins, P.W. Fritsch, J.L.M. Aranha
Filho, C. Bush, R. Belinello
Field work supported by the National Science Foundation (U.S.A.) and the
M. Stanley Rundel Charitable Trust (U.S.A.) and authorized by the Instituto
Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais RenovAveis (IBAMA)
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