Blakea brachyura Gleason

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Blakea brachyura Gleason

  • Collector(s)

    F. Almeda 10308 with Marcela Alvear, Darin Penneys, Gilberto Ocampo, Humberto Mendoza, Diego Alvear, February 12, 2011

  • Location

    Colombia. Valle del Cauca. El Cairo Mun. Corregimiento Boquerón, Vereda El Brillante. Serranía de Los Paraguas. Reserva Natural El Cerro del Inglés. Sendero.

  • Habitat

    Cloud forest.

  • Description

    Hemiepiphytic shrub with branches 4-5 m long. Petals white with a faint flush of pink. Anthers laterally and forming a semicircular ring around the straight style. Stigma and filaments white. Anthers yellow; dorso-basally pink, appendage white.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    EtOH, DNA

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3676624

    Occurrence ID: 521f2f8d-f4e5-4481-b4bb-7a174a33df39

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Colombia

  • State/Province

    Valle del Cauca

  • County/Municipio

    El Cairo Mun.

  • Locality

    Corregimiento Boquerón, Vereda El Brillante. Serranía de Los Paraguas. Reserva Natural El Cerro del Inglés. Sendero

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2140 m. (7021 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    4.74156, -76.2961

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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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 El Cairo, Corregimiento Boquerón,
Vereda El Brillante. Serranía de Los Paraguas. Reserva Natural El
Cerro del Inglés. Sendero.
2140 m	04°44.493'N, 76° 17.764'W
Cloud forest.
Hemiepiphytic shrub with branches 4-5 m long. Petals white with
a faint flush of pink. Anthers laterally coherent and forming a
semicircular ring around the straight style. Stigma and filaments
white. Anthers yellow; dorso-basally pink, appendage white.
Frank Almeda 10308	February 12,2011
w/Marcela Alvear, Darin Penneys, Gilberto Ocampo, Humberto
Mendoza, 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)