Comolia

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Comolia

  • Collector(s)

    T. Hawkins 1808, 26/6/1998

  • Location

    Suriname. Sipaliwini. Lisa Kreek Savanah, Tafelberg Mountain. Low forest savanah on top of Tafelberg Mountain, located 1/2 km SW of Lisa Kreek camp, Mixed hardwood forest dominated by Clusia and low shrubs growing on sandy shallow soils interspersed with small areas of surface sandstone with a low savanah type grass and orchid vegetation.

  • Description

    Common shrub growing 1-1.5 m tall. Flowers lavender to purple.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 05150792

    Occurrence ID: 957aff8f-7ed5-47e5-b89d-eb7271cf6d12

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Myrtales

  • Family

    Melastomataceae

  • All Determinations

    Comolia det F. A. Michelangeli, 2024

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Suriname

  • State/Province

    Sipaliwini

  • Locality

    Lisa Kreek Savanah, Tafelberg Mountain. Low forest savanah on top of Tafelberg Mountain, located 1/2 km SW of Lisa Kreek camp, Mixed hardwood forest dominated by Clusia and low shrubs growing on sandy shallow soils interspersed with small areas of surface sandstone with a low savanah type grass and orchid vegetation.

  • Coordinates

    3.90889, -56.2122

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The New York Botanical Garden (NY)
Det. F. A. Michelangeli
SURINAME
MELASTÜMATACEAE
Melastomataceae
Sipallwini
Lisa Kreek Savanah, Tafelberg
Mountain. Low forest savanah on top of
Tafelberg Mountain, located 1/2 km SW
of Lisa Kreek camp, Mixed hardwood
forest dominated by Clusia and low
shrubs growing on sandy shallow soils
interspersed with small areas of
surface sandstone with a low savanah
type grass and orchid vegetation.
Common shrub growing 1-1.5 m tall.
Thomas Hawkins 1S08
Field work supported by NIH, NSF & USAID
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
03°5if ' 32 "N 056° 12 1 ¿fA "W
600 m
05150792