| Collector | Cotton, E. |
| Number | 1708 |
| Collected with | Gonzalo Rivas |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | SUCUMBIOS |
| County | |
| Locality | [77° 33.591' W 0° 37.871' N]. Road Julio Andrade-El Playón de San Francisco -Santa Bárbara-La Bonita, Km 24 from Julio Andrade. Roadside montane forest remnants. |
| Coordinates | 0° 38' N 77° 34' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 2880 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 2880 |
| Start date | 2001/09/11 |
| End date | 2001/09/11 |
| Family | Melastomataceae |
| Identification | Monochaetum lineatum (Don) Naud. |
| Determined by | E. Cotton |
| Identification qualifier | |
| Field notes | "Slender shrub, 50 cm tall. Petals light pink; filaments and connectives magenta; anthers light yellow." |