Miconia carassana Cogn.

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Miconia carassana Cogn.

  • Collector(s)

    D. R. Simpson 622 with José Schunke V., 7 Feb 1968

  • Location

    Peru. Loreto. Maynas Prov. Iquitos; Well shaded forest-shrub layer, In a small forest plot near University experimental station on Rio Nanay about 25km by road from Iquitos.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3270545

    Occurrence ID: a882c544-b6f5-4225-9f53-f0a4db4c39f5

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Myrtales

  • Family

    Melastomataceae

  • All Determinations

    Miconia carassana Cogn.

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Peru

  • State/Province

    Loreto

  • County/Municipio

    Maynas Prov.

  • Locality

    Iquitos; Well shaded forest-shrub layer, In a small forest plot near University experimental station on Rio Nanay about 25km by road from Iquitos

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PERU
Field Museum of Natural History, Servicio Forestal y de Caza del Perti
Dpto. Loreto: Prov. Maynas
Dtto. Iquitos
Mjconia conrpacta Gleason
Much branched shrub to 2 m. tall; branch tip
with rufous brown pubescence; calyx (or corolla?
white; fruit pale rose.
Fairly common i’n well shaded forest-shrub
layer* In a small (2 hectare) forest plot near
University experimental station on Rio Nanay
about 25 km. by road from -¿-quitos.
Coll. Donald H, Simpson 622 February 7» 1968
& Jose Schunke V.
Collections of a cooperative project sponsored by the Servicio Forestal y de Caza (Lima, Peru)
and the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago). Funded by National Science Founda-
tion grant no. GB-5588.
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