| Collector | Cotton, E. |
| Number | 1682 |
| Collected with | Mats Gustafsson & Gonzalo Rivas |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | CARCHI |
| County | |
| Locality | Road Tulcán-Maldonado, Km 27 from Tulcán. Espeletia páramo. |
| Coordinates | 0° 49' N 77° 57' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 3800 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 3800 |
| Start date | 2001/09/08 |
| End date | 2001/09/08 |
| Family | Melastomataceae |
| Identification | Miconia latifolia (D. Don) Naud. |
| Determined by | E. Cotton |
| Identification qualifier | |
| Field notes | Shrub ca. 1 m, frequent in small forested area in the páramo. Petals cream, stamens yellow, hypanthium reddish brown. ALC. |
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