| Collector | Cotton, E. |
| Number | 1511 |
| Collected with | Henrik Balslev, Mats Gustafsson & Pablo Lozano |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | LOJA |
| County | |
| Locality | Road Yangana-Cerro Toledo. Podocarpus National Park. Km 7 from turnoff to Cerro Toledo. Dense dwarf montane forest on road side. [Coordinates and altitude taken with GPS]. |
| Coordinates | 4° 22' S 79° 9' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 2380 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 2380 |
| Start date | 2000/07/31 |
| End date | 2000/07/31 |
| Family | Melastomataceae |
| Identification | Tibouchina laxa (Desr.)Cogn. |
| Determined by | Cotton, E. (AAU), 2001. |
| Identification qualifier | |
| Field notes | Somewhat decumbent suffrutex, 0.5-1 m tall. Hypanthium mostly reddish-green. Calyx lobes green outside, reddish inside. Petals bright purple. Anthers bright magenta; connective appendage bright yellow; filaments and style purple-pink. Very frequent on roadside. Weedy. |
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