Graffenrieda fruticosa Wurdack

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Graffenrieda fruticosa Wurdack

  • Collector(s)

    M. H. Nee 30802, 08 Feb 1985

  • Location

    Venezuela. Amazonas. Río Negro Mun. Cerro de La Neblina, Camp VII, 4 km. NE of Pico Phelps (=Neblina).

  • Habitat

    On and around base of quartzitic sandstone and conglomerate cliffs at southernmost point of cliff face, ca. 1 km. SW of and above Camp VII. Scrubby with much Brocchinia tateo.

  • Description

    Small shrubs to 1.5 m. tall. Petals pink. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02281154

    Occurrence ID: 6be1aef8-8402-4ae4-a114-ae3178be1481

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Venezuela

  • State/Province

    Amazonas

  • County/Municipio

    Río Negro Mun.

  • Locality

    Cerro de La Neblina, Camp VII, 4 km. NE of Pico Phelps (=Neblina).

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2100 - 2150 m. (6890 - 7054 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    0.8389, -65.975

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Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana
Graffenrieda fruticosa
WURDACK
det. / rev: / conf.
Andreas Gröger VII 1999
The New York Botanical Garden
Venezuela, Amazonas, Dpto. Rio Negro
Cerro de la Neblina Expedition
Melast. Graffenrieda fruticosa Wurd.
det. J. J. Wurdack, 1987
Cerro de la Neblina, Camp VII, 4 km. NE of
Pico Phelps (=Neblina).
00°50f20"N, 65°58’30MW; alt. 2100-2150 m.
On and around base of quartzitic sandstone
and conglomerate cliffs at southernmost point
of cliff face, ca. 1 km. SW of and above Camp
VII. Scrubby, with much Brocchinia tatei.
Common small shrubs to 1.5 m. tall. Petals
pink.
Coll.: M. Nee 30802	8 Feb. 1985
N YM PH H-N 8 UR05
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Field work supported by the Fundación para el Desarrollo de las Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y
Naturales, the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society.
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