Desmoscelis villosa (Aubl.) Naudin

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PLANTS OF VENEZUELA
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Family: MELASTOMATACEAE
Desmoscelis villosa (Aubl.) Naud.
Det: J. J. Wurdack 1982
Estado Bolivar: 5 km north of Ciudad
Piar. Wet savanna adjacent to road and
to morichal (stream with Mauritia
flexuosa) ca 350 m alt. T°28'N 63'17’W
petals and filaments purple red,
anthers yellow, ,5 to 1 m soft stem
shrub
R. Liesner and A. Gonzalez 9 Apr. I98l
Distributed by the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Instituto
Botánico (Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales
Renovables). Field work supported by NSF (United States) and
CONICIT (Venezuela).
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