Tococa nitens (Benth.) Triana

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Tococa nitens (Benth.) Triana

  • Collector(s)

    B. Maguire 23177 with Fanshawe, D. B., 3 May 1944

  • Location

    Guyana. Kaieteur.

  • Habitat

    Savanna.

  • Description

    Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 794273

    Occurrence ID: b152914a-d08d-4aed-9554-7d0e8265854f

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Myrtales

  • Family

    Melastomataceae

  • All Determinations

    Tococa nitens (Benth.) Triana det H. A. Gleason, 1945

L. H. Bailey Hortorium (BH) Systematic Revision of Tococa
Tococa nitens (Benth.) Triana
Fabián A. Michelangeli	Nov. 1999 •
British G-uiana Forest Department - New York Botanical Garden
Plants of the Kaieteur Plateau, British Guiana
No. 25177
Tococa nitens (Benth,) Triana
Det. H.A.Gleason, 19^5
Occasional; shrub 1—1.6 m. high; leaves
leathery, thickj petals pink shading to white
on margins; anthers white, filaments pink;
fruit oblong, blue-black; savannas.
Bassett Maguire
D. B. Fanshawe	May 5p	1944
Expedition financed in part by aid from the American Philosophical
Society, the John Simon Gvggenheim Memorial Foundation
and Mr. Pierre Jay
mpw YORK BOTANICAL QARDEN
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