Marcetia taxifolia (A.St.-Hil.) DC.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Venezuela

• State/Province

  Tachira

• County/Municipio

  Uribante Mun.

• Locality

  ± 3 km outside Siberia on road to Pegonero

• Elevation

  Alt. 1300 m. (4265 ft.)

• Coordinates

  8.92, -71.67

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

(H. van der Werff & Angel Gonzalez 5347)
MELASTOMATACEAE
Marcetia taxlfolia (St. HM.) DC.
Det. J.J. Wurdack (US)# 1 985	ox|3ok>
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
VENEZUELA
MELASTOMATACEAE
Edo. Tachira. Distr. Uribante; ± 3 km out-
side Siberia on road to Pegonero# collect,
in 3 habits.: ± level# sandy savanna(=SS)
steep#rocky savanna (RS) & savanna forest
(SF). Sandy savanna w/shrubs# (heathlike)#
rocky savanna almost without. Among ferns
many plants of Anemia? ± 71°40!W# 8°55'n#
elev. ± 1300 m.
Heathlike shrub 1.5 m# frowers pink.
Common.	SS
July 11, 1983
II. van der Werff & Angel Gonzalez 5 3 47
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