Microlicia punctata (DC.) Versiane & R.Romero

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Minas Gerais

• Locality

  Serra do Cipo. 32 km beyond the bridge over the Rio Cipo en route from Serra do Cipo to Conceicao do Mato Dentro.Municipio Santana do Riacho.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1299 m. (4262 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -19.2338, -43.5102

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (CAS)
UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS (UEC)
PLANTS OF BRAZIL
Melastomataceae
Lavoisiera punctata Mart. & Schrank ex DC.
Minas Gerais. Municipio Santana do Riacho. Serra do Cipo. 32 km
beyond the bridge over the Rio Cip6 en route from Serra do Cip6
to Concei?ao do Mato Dentro.
1299 m	-19.23376°, -43.51021°
Recently burned campo rupestre vegetation with low outcrops and
a small gallery forest.
Shrub 1-2 dm tall with dense upright dichotomous branching.
Flowers 8-merous. Petals pink with darker venation and a
yellowish green base. Filaments and pedoconnectives yellowish
orange. Anthers yellow on abaxial surface but brown on adaxial
surface. Appendages lemon-yellow. Petals fused at the very base
and falling away as a unit with attached filaments. Hypanthium
green, 8-ribbed. Four plants seen.
F. Almeda 9709	4 March 2009
A.B. Martins, P.W. Fritsch, J.L.M. Aranha
Filho, C. Bush, R. Belinello
Field work supported by the National Science Foundation (U.S.A.) and the
M. Stanley Rundel Charitable Trust (U.S.A.) and authorized by the Institute
Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renov&veis (IBAMA)
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