Aciotis purpurascens (Aubl.) Triana

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Aciotis purpurascens (Aubl.) Triana
Revision of Aciotis
Det. Alina Freire-Fierro, 1998
Missouri Botanical Garden Herbarium (MO)
PERU
Field Museum of Natural History, Servicio Forestal y de Caza del Per6
Dpto. Loreto: Prov. Maynas
Dtto. Iquitos
Aciotis cf. purpurascens (Aubl.) Triana
(det. J. Wurdack, 1979)
Shrub about 8 dm. tall; corolla white; anther
pale lavender near pink; branches green with
brown strips; fruit light green.
Common along open roadsides where vegetation
is low grass and weeds. At roadside beneath
other shrubs along the road between the Univer-
sity Agricultural experimental area and the
Escuela Forestal Vivero.
botanical
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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Coll. Donald K. Simpson 6^1 February 9, 1968
& Jose Schunke V.
Collections of a cooperative project sponsored by the Servicio Forestal y de Caza (Lima Peru)
Natural History (Chicago). Funded by National Science Founda-
non gram no.
03144152