Miconia crocea (Desr.) Naudin

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Azuay

• Locality

  8.4 km towards Gualaceo below highest pass on Gualaceo - Limon road.

• Elevation

  Alt. 3190 m. (10466 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -2.9619, -78.7033

• Distribution

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University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS), Gainesville, Florida, USA
PLANTS OF ECUADOR
<Melastomataceae>
Miconia crocea (Desr.) Naud.
det. DSP, 22 Dec. 2003
Prov. Azuay: 8.4 km towards Gualaceo below highest
pass on Gualaceo-Limon road. Elev. 3190 m. Treelet 6
m. Young growth and petioles purple; leaves with abaxial,
primary-secondary hair-tuft acarodomatia; flowers 7-8-
merous; hypanthium and calyx greenish-white, obscurely
costate distally; corolla white, rotate; filaments white,
anthers yellow, erect; style white, glandular-pubescent,
stigma expanded; ovary inferior, 5-carpel late.
Lat. 02°5772"S Long. 78°42,20"W .
coll. Darin S. Penneys # 1592	28 Sept. 2003
Additional material: photos; DNA; spirit.
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