Monochaetum myrtoideum (Bonpl.) Naudin

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Monochaetum myrtoideum (Bonpl.) Naudin

  • Collector(s)

    F. Almeda 10489, 15 Feb 2012

  • Location

    Colombia. Boyacá. Villa de Leyva Mun. Along road between Villa de Leyva and Arcabuco.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    DNA

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3676670

    Occurrence ID: c987e923-11f2-45a8-b781-4e5ba9c9f43f

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Colombia

  • State/Province

    Boyacá

  • County/Municipio

    Villa de Leyva Mun.

  • Locality

    Along road between Villa de Leyva and Arcabuco.

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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PLANTS OF COLOMBIA
California Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Herbario Nacional Colombiano (COL)
Melastomataceae
Monochaetum myrtoideum (Bonpl.) Naudin
Colombia. Boyacâ: Municipio Villa de Ley va. Along road between
Villa de Leyva and Arcabuco.
2411 m	5° 45.884' N, 73° 28.669' W
WGS84
Margin of Bosque Andino dominated by Quercus humboldtii.
Openly branched shrubs to 2 m tall. Flowers 4-merous. Petals
magenta, widely spreading. Filaments and declinate style deep pink.
All anthers and appendages yellow. Common.
Frank Almeda 10489	02/15/2012
Marcela Alvear, Gilberto Ocampo, Humberto Mendoza, Adolfo
Cortes, José Gregorio Velasco, Diego Alvear
Field work was supported, in part, by the M. Stanley Rundel Charitable Trust (U.S.A.) and the
California Academy of Sciences and authorized by Autoridad Nacional de Licencias
Ambientales ANLA - Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (Colombia)