Tococa aristata Benth.

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Tococa aristata Benth.

  • Collector(s)

    B. Maguire 23034 with Fanshawe, D. B., 27 Apr 1944

  • Location

    Guyana. Potaro-Siparuni. Potaro river gorge, Waratuk falls.

  • Description

    Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 793614

    Occurrence ID: ea34b8fa-d97c-4604-9fb1-e54c6e99ad5a

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Myrtales

  • Family

    Melastomataceae

  • All Determinations

    Tococa aristata Benth. det H. A. Gleason, 1945

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Guyana

  • State/Province

    Potaro-Siparuni

  • Locality

    Potaro river gorge, Waratuk falls

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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L. H. Bailey Hortorium (BH) Systematic Revision of Tococa
Tococa aristata Benth.
Fabián A. Michelangeli
Nov. 1999.
IntSn^S-aiana Forest Department - New Tork Botanical G-arden I
-^Plants of the Potaro River Gorge, British Guiaiia;
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Tococa aristata Benth.
Det. H.A.Gleason, 19^5	/[
Occasional; shrub to 2 m, high, with swollen
petioles inhabited by ants; petals and fila-
ments pale yellow, aethers \ pink; secondary
forest, on white sani^, Waraiuk foils*
Bassett Maguire
D. B. Fanshawe_ April 27,
Expedition financed in part by aid from the American Philosophical
Society, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
and Mr. Pierre Jay
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