Topobea calycularis Naudin

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PLANTS OF GUATEMALA
Melastomataceae
Topobea calvcularis Naudin
Alta Verapaz: southwest of Coban, along the Chio River.
Most of the area cleared; this area with a few scattered
Pinus and other trees, with numerous resprouts and
secondary shrubs, with Cecropia. Liquidambar. Piper.
Euphorbia. Selaainella. Ipomoea, Sida. Lobelia. Younnia
Setaria. Polvaala paniculata. Hemi-epiphytic shrub from
lowest branches and trunk of trees; petiole bases reddish-
purple; flowers white, pale green in center, anthers yellow.
Lat. 15*27*24.1 "N Long. 90°22'39.7,,W Datum: NAD27.
coll. J. Richard Abbott # 19758	1 January 2005
with Fredy Archila
Centra de Investigación Científica de Yucatán (CICY), Merida, Yucatán, México
Td tKe UnlvSy of Rorida Herbarium (FLAS), Gainesville, Florida, USA
04378708