Melastomataceae

No botanical uses.

PLANTS OF THE GUIANAS

Melastomataceae

GUYANA. Region: Cuyuni-Mazaruni. Summit of Kamakusa Mt. (i.е.,
on top of 4th escarpment of four). 1691 m. 5°52'50.9"N 60°6'11.7"W.
Impenetrable elfin forest to 3m, extremely dense and wet, rich in
epiphytes, with Bonnetia (2 spp.), Brocchinia cf. tatei, Malpighiaceae,
Melastomataceae, Cyperaceae spp., Weinmannia, Ilex cf. retusa. Shrub
to 0.5m. Leaves bullate, slightly anisophyllous. Inflorescence in leaf
axils. Silica sample.

K.J. Wurdack 5861 8 June 2012
With: E.A. Tripp, A. Radosavljevic & J. Ralph

Smithsonian Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program
U.S. National Herbarium (US)

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