| Collector | Cotton, E. |
| Number | 1580 |
| Collected with | Mats Gustafsson & Kristian Kyed |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | LOJA |
| County | |
| Locality | Road Loja-Catamayo, turnoff to Cerro Villonaco, 8.4 km from turnoff. Forest remnants at roadside. |
| Coordinates | 3° 59' S 79° 16' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 2550 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 2550 |
| Start date | 2000/08/08 |
| End date | 2000/08/08 |
| Family | Melastomataceae |
| Identification | Axinaea floribunda (Naudin)Triana |
| Determined by | E. Cotton |
| Identification qualifier | |
| Field notes | Tree, 7-8 m tall. Young branches and petioles red. Hypanthium green. Petals pink to light pink. Stamens dimorphic, the short ones with yellow anthers and bright-yellow connective appendages, the longer ones with yellow-green anthers with a wine-red longitudinal line and yellow-green connective appendages. Style creamy-white suffused with pink at the tip. Frequent at roadside. . |
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