Tibouchina striphnocalyx (DC.) Gleason

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The New York Botanical Garden
Venezuela, Amazonas, Dpto. Rio Negro
Cerro de la Neblina Expedition
Melastomataceae
Tibouchina striphnocalyx (DC.) Gleason
det. J.J. Wurdack, 1985
Dry forest and scrub vegetation on ESE facing
slope above Rio Marawinuma, elev. 400-600 m; E
of "Puerto Chimo" camp, 0°50' N, 66°07' W.
Shrub on open slopes at ca 550 m elev.; lvs
shiny and dark green above, búllate, pale
brownish green and puberulent beneath;
W. W. Thomas 3258
26 April 1984
Field work supported by the Fundación para el Desarrollo de las Gencias Físicas, Matemáticas y
Naturales, the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society.
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