Aciotis purpurascens (Aubl.) Triana

MELASTOMAT ACEAE
As det!	Revision of Aciotis
Det. Alina Freire Fierro, 1998
Missouri Botanical Garden Herbarium (MO)
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MELASTOMATACEAE PERU
Loreto
Aciotis porpvrniceur (AvMd Tr,
bet' l^umt(uk/ lii?
Swampy area at edge of oxbow lake, Quistacocha,
3045'S, 73°20'W, alt. 130 m.
Herb, flowers white.
A. Gentry, D. Smith,
<5c G. Criollo D.	36^05 17 March 1982
Collected under the tuspices of the Flora of Peru project, a collaborative effort of the Missouri Botanical
Carden and Field Museum of Natural History in conjunction with the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San
Marcos and the Universidad Nacional de Amazonia Peruana. Field work supported by USAfb
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