Marcgraviaceae

SA
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The New York Botanical Garden
PLANTS OF COLOMBIA
Depto. Antioquia
No. 5874	Marcgraviacea
Mun. San Luis, Piedra de Castrill6n, 3-4
hours on foot S of town. Elev. 1500-1700 m.
6°01'N, 75°01'W. Lower montane forest on mild
to steep slopes, dense when undisturbed. Canopy
@ 12 m, dominated near summit by Melastomaceae,
Rubiac., Myrs., Clusiac., and Protium.
Material preserved in alcohol.
Epiphytic vine with long, drooping branches.
Inflorescences terminal; buds green, nectary
deep red but for green adaxial stripe.
D. C. Daly & J. Betancur _8 May. 1989
Field work support, by the Nat. Cancer Inst.
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