Clidemia hirta (L.) D.Don

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Clidemia hirta (L.) D.Don

  • Collector(s)

    B. M. Torke 1440 with Isora Baró Oveido, Yoira Rivera Queralta & Julio León, 17 Aug 2014

  • Location

    Cuba. Cienfuegos. Cumanayagua Mun. Carso de Buenos Aires, Loma Las Lagunas.

  • Habitat

    Limestone karst area with wet evergreen forest in valleys and semideciduous forest at top of carso hills, with exposed limestone slopes, tallus, and caves.

  • Description

    Shrub, ca. 0.5 m, fruit and calyx green, corolla white.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02675928

    Occurrence ID: 593a434a-55da-4ce9-989b-02ec9a4f29b2

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  • Region

    West Indies

  • Country

    Cuba

  • State/Province

    Cienfuegos

  • County/Municipio

    Cumanayagua Mun.

  • Locality

    Carso de Buenos Aires, Loma Las Lagunas

  • Elevation

    Alt. 750 m. (2461 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    21.9889, -80.1917

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The New York Botanical Garden (NY)
Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don
Det. F. A. Michelangeli yjl ' 2-d^
The New York Botanical Garden
Flora of Cuba
Melastomataceae
Clidemia
Cuba. Cienfuegos. Mun. Cumanayagua. Carso de Buenos
Aires, Loma Las Lagunas.
21°59'20"N, 80°ir30"W
750 m.
Limestone karst area with wet evergreen forest in valleys
and semideciduous forest at top of carso hills, with exposed
limestone slopes, tallus, and caves.
Shrub, ca. 0.5 m, fruit and calyx green, corolla white.
17 Aug 2014
B. M. Torke, Isorà Barò Oliedo, Yoira Rivera Queralta &
Julio León 1440
Fieldwork facilitated by NYBG's Biodiversity of the Caribbean
Program with funding from the John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation
NYdb
02675928