Aciotis purpurascens (Aubl.) Triana

MELASTOMATACEAE
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Det. Alina Freire Fierro, 1998
Missouri Botanical Garden Herbarium (MO)
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MELASTOMATACEAE
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Mishana, Rio Nanay halfway between Iquitos and
Santa Maria de Nanay, upland forest on white sand,
near Campamento 1. Alt. 140 m.
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Herb, flowers white.
A. Gentry, D. Smith,
F. Ayala <5c D. Alfaro
19 March 1982
Collected under the auspices of the Flo» of Peru project, a collaborative effort of the Missouri Botanical
Garden and Field Museum of Natural History in conjunction with the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San
Marcos and the Universidad Nacional de Amazonia Peruana. Field work supported by U3Aid
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