Tibouchina triflora Gleason

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Tibouchina triflora Gleason

  • Collector(s)

    F. Almeda 10323 with Marcela Alvear, Darin Penneys, Gilberto Ocampo, Humberto Mendoza, Diego Alvear, February 14, 2011

  • Location

    Colombia. Valle del Cauca. El Cairo Mun. Corregimiento Albán, Vereda El Pacífico. Serranía de Los Paraguas, along road to San José del Palmar.

  • Habitat

    Cloud forest. Occasional.

  • Description

    Dangling laxly branched open shrub with branches to 2.5 m long. Petals lavender with a white base, large and red. Small anthers and all appendages yellow.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    DNA

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3676638

    Occurrence ID: c5c33b55-6698-4ee8-bcb0-6227e791d86f

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Colombia

  • State/Province

    Valle del Cauca

  • County/Municipio

    El Cairo Mun.

  • Locality

    Corregimiento Albán, Vereda El Pacífico. Serranía de Los Paraguas, along road to San José del Palmar.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1950 m. (6398 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    4.82519, -76.1795

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (CAS)
HERBARIO NACIONAL COLOMBIANO (COL)
PLANTS OF COLOMBIA
Melastomataceae
Tibouchina
Valle del Cauca. Municipio de El Cairo, Corregimiento Albán,
Vereda El Pacífico. Serranía de Los Paraguas, along road to San
José del Palmar.
1950 m	04°49.512' N, 76°10.770’ W
Cloud forest.
Dangling laxly branched open shrub with branches to 2.5 m long.
Petals lavender with a white base. Large anthers red. Small anthers
and all appendages yellow. Occasional.
Frank Almeda 10323	February 14, 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)