| Collector | Cotton, E. |
| Number | 1688 |
| Collected with | Mats Gustafsson & Gonzalo Rivas |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | CARCHI |
| County | |
| Locality | Road Maldonado-El Chical, 1.5 Km from Maldonado. Pastures and very disturbed montane forest. |
| Coordinates | 0° 56' N 78° 6' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 1800 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 1800 |
| Start date | 2001/09/09 |
| End date | 2001/09/09 |
| Family | Melastomataceae |
| Identification | Blakea punctulata (Triana)Wurdack |
| Determined by | E. Cotton |
| Identification qualifier | |
| Field notes | "Treelet 3-4 m tall. Bracts green suffused with red at the apex; petals very light pink; filaments white tinged with pink; anthers magenta, dorsally purple (externally) and cream coloured ventrally (internally); style white. Leaves tinged with red, with ant domatia at the junction of the main nerves beneath. Ants abundant. ALC." |
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