Clidemia

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Clidemia

  • Collector(s)

    G. R. Proctor 23429, 04 Apr 1963

  • Location

    Jamaica. Portland. East slope of the John Crow Mts., 1.5-2 miles southwest of Ecclesdown.

  • Habitat

    Moist rain-forest thickets.

  • Description

    Shrub 2 m. tall; petals 4, translucent whitish, reflexed; anthers yellow. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01130657

    Occurrence ID: 4c789be6-63e1-4557-97f9-c2f9d79c1ae8

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Myrtales

  • Family

    Melastomataceae

  • All Determinations

    Clidemia
    Note: [Filed as Clidemia indet. at NY]

    Sagraea det W. S. Judd, 1990
    Note: "Examined for Studies of Generic Limits in the Miconieae"

    Clidemia plumosa (Desr.) DC.

  • Region

    West Indies

  • Country

    Jamaica

  • State/Province

    Portland

  • Locality

    East slope of the John Crow Mts., 1.5-2 miles southwest of Ecclesdown.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 457 - 610 m. (1499 - 2001 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    18.0378, -76.3582

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    1980

  • Georeferencing Method

    Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Located coord. of geogr. center of Ecclesdown. Measured from coord. to center of nearest named place, Friendship Valley; halved dist. = linear extent (0.30363 mi). Input info (including offset 2 mi SW) into MaNIS Georef. Calc. = offset coord. + uncert.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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