Miconia caelata (Bonpl.) DC.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Loja

• Locality

  Road to Cuenca, km 12, c. 18km S of Santiago

• Elevation

  Alt. 2400 - 2500 m. (7874 - 8202 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -3.92, -79.22

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

EX HERB. HORT. BOT. REG. KEW.
THIS MATERIAL IS RESTRICTED. IT IS SUBJECT TO THE RBG KEW
TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH IT WAS SUPPLIED.
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FLORA OF ECUADOR
G. P. Lewis & M. B. Klitgaard
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Province Loja	4-jt Hf
Road Loja to Cuenca, km 12, c. 18 km S of Santiago.
2400-2500 m 79° 13"W; 3°55'S	11 July 1996
Vegetation: bosque humedo remnant with surrounding pastureland.
Shrub to 1 m; leaves bullate, discolorous, semi-coriaceous, mid-green
tinged blue above, yellowish green with a rusty-brown tomentum below
especially on the raised veins; calyces pale green with sparse rust-
coloured indumentum, lobes red, petals white, filaments and anthers
white.
Fieldwork funded by Carlsberg Foundation & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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