| Collector | Cotton, E. |
| Number | 1513 |
| 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 | Monochaetum lineatum (Don) Naud. |
| Determined by | Cotton, E. (AAU), 2001. |
| Identification qualifier | |
| Field notes | Small suffrutex to 1 m. Stems red. Hypanthium reddish. Petals light pink. Filaments and style red; connectives yellow; anthers white or pink. Frequent as a roadside plant. Weedy. |