Maieta poeppigii Mart. ex Cogn.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Colombia

• State/Province

  Antioquia

• Locality

  Old secondary and primary forest trail between Alhibes and Providencia, approx. 1km east of Río Anorí. Vic. Planta Providencia 28kms SW of Zaragoza. Valley of Río Anorí in areas surrounding the confluence of Quebrada La Tirana and Río Anorí, approx. 3 km upriver from Planta Providencia

• Elevation

  Alt. 400 - 700 m. (1312 - 2297 ft.)

• Coordinates

  7.3, -75.07

• Location Notes

  [Map associated with specimen]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Colombia** T>pto. Antioqdia
Old secondary and primary
forest trail between Alhibes
and Providencia, approx. 1km
east of Rio Anori.	7°18'n
Tropical Wet/Very Wet Forest
Transition Zone. Rainfall
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r	Prr-rW-cloj I
28kms SW of Zaragoza. Valley of Rio AnorT in
areas surrounding the confluence of Quebrada
La Tirana and Rio Anori, approx. 3km upriver
from Planta Providencia. Alt. 400-700m.
Coll.: W.S. Alverson, Starker White and
JohcrD. Shepherd.' No. 89, February 23, 1977
#89* Melastomaceae
Maieta poeppigii Mart ex. Tr.
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Small shrub- 1 meter.
Orange firs. Swollen petioles
elongated, inhabited by ants.
(Alverson-White-Shepherd Coll. No. 89)
Ants in elongated petiole of Melastome
= Azteca sp. workers.
I 7/1978 by D.R. Smith of I.I.B.I.l.i
(U.S.D.A., Beltsville, Md.)
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