Blakea brachyura Gleason

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Blakea brachyura Gleason

  • Collector(s)

    F. Almeda 10212 with Marcela Alvear, Darin Penneys, Gilberto Ocampo, Philip Silverstone-Sopkin, Diego Alvear, February 1, 2011

  • Location

    Colombia. Valle del Cauca. Santiago de Cali Mun. Corregimiento La Elvira. Finca Zingara, km 4 on the road to Dapa (km 18 on the road from Cali to Buenaventura). Cordillera Occidental, vertiente oriental.

  • Habitat

    Cloud forest. Common.

  • Description

    Hemiepiphytic shrub with trunk extending 5-6 m off of host tree. Flowers 6-merous. Petals white with a greenish translucent base that radiates in veinlike fashion toward distal portions of the petal. Filaments and style white. Style more or less erect. Anthers yellow in a semicircular ring.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    EtOH, DNA

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3676743

    Occurrence ID: f71a5f95-96e0-426d-ac05-301d68289c12

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Colombia

  • State/Province

    Valle del Cauca

  • County/Municipio

    Santiago de Cali Mun.

  • Locality

    Corregimiento La Elvira. Finca Zingara, km 4 on the road to Dapa (km 18 on the road from Cali to Buenaventura). Cordillera Occidental, vertiente oriental.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2120 m. (6955 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    3.54206, -76.6068

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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03676743
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
San Francisco, CA
Blakea brachyura Gleason
Det. By: Darin S. Penneys	2012
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (CAS)
HERBARIO NACIONAL COLOMBIANO (COL)
PLANTS OF COLOMBIA
Melastomataceae
Topobea
Valle del Cauca. Municipio de Cali, Corregimiento La Elvira.
Finca Zingara, km 4 on the road to Dapa (km 18 on the road from
Cali to Buenaventura). Cordillera Occidental, vertiente oriental.
2120 m	03°32.524' N, 76°36.410' W
Cloud forest.
Hemiepiphytic shrub with trunk extending 5-6 m off of host tree.
Flowers 6-merous. Petals white with a greenish translucent base
that radiates in veinlike fashion toward distal portions of the petal.
Filaments and style white. Style more or less erect. Anthers yellow
in a semicircular ring. Common.
Frank Almeda 10212	February 1, 2011
w/Marcela Alvear, Darin Penneys, Gilberto Ocampo, Philip
Silverstone-Sopkin, Diego Alvear
Field work supported by the National Science Foundation (U.S.A.) and
authorized by the Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo
Territorial (Colombia)