Andesanthus inopinatus (Wurdack) P.J.F.Guim. & Michelang.

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Andesanthus inopinatus (Wurdack) P.J.F.Guim. & Michelang.

  • Collector(s)

    F. Almeda 1635 with R.L. Wilbur, 08 Jun 1972

  • Location

    Costa Rica. Cartago. Steep graded bank along the Interamerican Hwy. on the Cordillera de Talamanca ca 13 km from the Tejar cutoff enroute to El Empalmed.

  • Description

    Slender sparingly branched shrub to 12 ft. tall. Corolla pale pink. Large anthers pink, the prolonged connective pale yellow. Small anthers and appendages yellow. Upper half of ovary red.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02571818

    Occurrence ID: 47a9da9f-429a-4f07-8d64-ff789026a98b

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  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Costa Rica

  • State/Province

    Cartago

  • Locality

    Steep graded bank along the Interamerican Hwy. on the Cordillera de Talamanca ca 13 km from the Tejar cutoff enroute to El Empalmed.

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California Academy of Sciences
As determined!
Det. : Frank Al meda
3£. 1994
OR
BOTANICAL
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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
02571818
PLANTS OF CENTRAL AMERICA
COLLECTED FOR THE HERBARIUM OF
DUKE UNIVERSITY
Tibouchina inopinata Wurdack
det. F. Almeda 1972
COSTA RICA: Cartago Prov.; Steep graded bank
along the Interamerican Hwy on the Cordillera
de Talamanca ca. 13 km. from the Tejar cutoff
enroute to El Empalmed. Slender sparingly
branched shrub to 12 ft. tall. Corolla pale
pink. Large anthers pink, the prolonged con-
nective pale yellow. Small anthers and appen-
dages yellow. Upper half of ovary red.
F. Almeda 1635
R.L. Wilbur	8 June 1972
02571818