Blakea subconnata O.Berg ex Triana

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Blakea subconnata O.Berg ex Triana

  • Collector(s)

    E. Cotton 1688 with Mats Gustafsson & Gonzalo Rivas, 9 Sep 2001

  • Location

    Ecuador. Carchi. Road Maldonado-El Chica, 1.5 Km from Maldonado. Pastures and very disturbed montane forest.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02685866

    Occurrence ID: 987ad498-4c4f-4d65-8521-68434e443844

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Carchi

  • Locality

    Road Maldonado-El Chica, 1.5 Km from Maldonado. Pastures and very disturbed montane forest.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1800 m. (5906 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    0.93, -78.1

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with Mats Gustafsson & Gonzalo Rivas
1688	Melastomataceae
Blakea
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Province: CARCHI
Road Maldonado-El Chica, 1.5 Km from Maldonado. Pastures and very disturbed
montane forest.
(78° 06' W 00° 56' N) Alt. 1800 m.	Sep 9, 2001
Treelet 3-4 m tall. Bracts green suffused with red at the apex; petals very light pink
; filaments white tinged with pink; anthers magenta, dorsally purple (externally)
and cream coloured ventrally (internally); style white. Leaves tinged with red, with
ant domatia at the junction of the main nerves beneath. Ants abundant. ALC.
Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus, Denmark (AAU)
in collaboration with P. Universidad Católica, Quito, Ecuador (QCA)
02685866