Tibouchina aspera Aubl.

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Tibouchina aspera Aubl.

  • Collector(s)

    R. Evans 1813 with and George Lewis, 12 Jun 1994

  • Location

    Suriname. Para. Wit-santi (white sand area), ca 0.5 km SE of Zanderij Hwy., ca 1.5 km NE of town of Zanderij, ca 1 km N of Johan Adolph Pengel Airport.

  • Habitat

    Edge between white sand primary shrubby savanna and disturbed pirmary forest.

  • Description

    Shrub, .5-1 m tall, common; flowers with corolla white, style scarlet red, stamens pale violet.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 2571890

    Occurrence ID: 268272aa-5554-4852-9d41-9c4365004673

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Myrtales

  • Family

    Melastomataceae

  • All Determinations

    Tibouchina aspera Aubl.

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Suriname

  • State/Province

    Para

  • Locality

    Wit-santi (white sand area), ca 0.5 km SE of Zanderij Hwy., ca 1.5 km NE of town of Zanderij, ca 1 km N of Johan Adolph Pengel Airport.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 20 m. (66 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    5.5417, -55.1917

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SURINAME
MELASTOMATACEAE
Tibouch ina aspera Aub1.
det. R. Liesner (MO), 1995
Para
Wit-santi (white sand area), ca. 0.5
km SE of Zanderij Hwy. , ca. 1.5 km NE
of town of Zanderij, ca. 1 km N of
Johan Adolph Pengel Airport,
i 05 0 32'30"N 55 011130"W	20 m
Edge between white sand shrubby
savanna and disturbed primary forest.
Shrub, .5-1 m tall, common; flowers
with corolla white, style scarlet red,
stamens pale violet.
IE June 199^
Randy Evans & George Lewis 1813
Field work supported by NIH, NSF & USAID
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
02571890