Tococa racemifera Wurdack

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Colombia

• State/Province

  Antioquia

• Locality

  Planta Providencia, 28 km SW of Zaragoza, Rio Anori

• Elevation

  Alt. 500 m. (1640 ft.)

• Coordinates

  7.3, -75.07

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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H. Bailey Hortorium (BH) Systematic Revision of Tococa
Tococa racemifera Wurdack
Fabián A. Michelangeli	Nov. 1999
No, 282,	/, j .
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Melastome shrub, 2m, Spatulate leaf,
soft hairy. Stems hairy. Berries green
with purple hairs on axile of inflorescens*
Swollen nodes at leaf base inhabited by
ants.(coll •)
(Alverson-White-Shepherd Coll. No.282)
Ants living in swollen leaf base of
Melastome = Pheidole sp. workers
! 7/1978 by D.R. Smith of IIBIII
(U.S.D.A., Beltsville, Md., U.S.A.)
75o04’w'
Colombia1 Dpto. Antioquia
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Tropical Wet/Very Wet Forest
Transition Zone. Rainfall
approx. 4400mm/year. Vic. Planta Providencia
28kms SW of Zaragoza. Valley of Rio Anori in
areas surrounding the confluence of Quebrada
La Tirana and Rio Anori, approx. 3km upriver
from Planta Providencia. Alt. 400-700m.
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Coll.: W.S. Alverson, Starker White and
John D. Shepherd. No. 2^2.	i 2^ (Í77
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