Mecranium purpurascens (DC.) Triana

• Region

  West Indies

• Country

  Jamaica

• Locality

  St. Andrew/Portland Parish. Blue Mountains. Hollywell Park, Hardwar Gap.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1325 - 1346 m. (4347 - 4416 ft.)

• Coordinates

  18.0883, -76.7277

• Distribution

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University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS), Gainesville, Florida, USA
PLANTS OF JAMAICA
<Melastomataceae>
Mecranium purpurascens (DC.) Triana
det. J. Dan Skean, Jr., 12 Jan 2011
St. Andrew/Portland Parish: Blue Mountains. Hollywell
Park, Hardwar Gap. N 18 degrees 5.296', W 76 degrees
43.662'. Elev. 1325-1346 m. Cloud forest. Associates:
Cyrillaa racemiflora, Alchomea latifolia, Cyathea,
Alsophila, Selaginella, Dicranopteris, Gleichenia, Hibiscus
elatus, Hedychium coronarium, Podocarpus urbanii,
Cupressus lusitanica, Rubus spp., Brunellia
comocladiifolia, Eucalyptus spp., Polygonium chínense,
Turpinia corymbosa, Hillia parasitica, Solanum, Psychotria
elata, Malaviscus arboreus. Common small tree at upper
elevations. Sterile.
coll. J. Dan Skean, Jr. # 5002	12 January 2011
with Walter S. Judd, Gretchen M. lonta, Rebecca
Cotteleer
Collected as part of N.S.F. supported fieldwork on the
systematics of Miconieae (Melastomataceae).
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