Miconia mirabilis (Aubl.) L.O.Williams

• Region

  South America

• Country

  French Guiana

• Locality

  Montagnes de Kaw; Auberge de Brousse des Cascades.

• Elevation

  Alt. 140 m. (459 ft.)

• Coordinates

  4.58, -52.28

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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PLANTS OF THE GUIANAS
Miconia mirabilis (Aubl.) L. Wms.
Det. JJ Wurdack, 1988
FRENCH GUIANA. Montagnes de Kaw; Auberge de
Brousse des Cascades. 4°35’N, 52°17’W. Elev. 140 m.
Savanna and forest edges at end of road. Tree, ±5
m tall at the edge of forest.
A. Weitzman 284 12 September 1987
With: W. Hahn
SMITHSONIAN BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF THE GUIANAS
PROGRAM - U.S. NATIONAL HERBARIUM (US)
284
Indumentum on stems, petioles, and leaf undersides
brown; white on inflorescence axes. Bracts below
each flower, calyx, corolla, and ovary white;
filaments and anthers dark purplish-red, pollen
yellow; stigma and style orange. Fruits green,
tipped pink, turning blue.