Monochaetum linearifolium Almeda

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Monochaetum linearifolium Almeda ( isotype )

  • Collector(s)

    F. Almeda 1049, 03 Jan 1972

  • Location

    Costa Rica. Puntarenas. About 3-3.5 km SE of Santa Elena and 2 km E of Monteverde, Cordillera de Tilaran.

  • Habitat

    Overgrown pastureland surrounded by vorgin rainforest.

  • Description

    Compactly branched shrub 1-1.5 m tall; foliage intense deep green; hypanthia deep wine red as the sepals, sparely stigose, narrowly cylindrical; petals pale pink; large anthers deep red; large anther appendages white basally but yellow above; small anthers yellow; appendages often spreading, uninerved. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 229495

    Occurrence ID: 8eac2954-22f1-4a40-8ebd-016ad237a4da

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  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Costa Rica

  • State/Province

    Puntarenas

  • Locality

    About 3-3.5 km SE of Santa Elena and 2 km E of Monteverde, Cordillera de Tilaran

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1500 - 1600 m. (4921 - 5249 ft.)

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