| Collector | Grifo, F. |
| Number | 461 |
| Collected with | Marco Crespo |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | Azuay |
| County | |
| Locality | Highway between Cuenca and Machala, km 22. 6 km on road to Patacocha (opposite the intrance to Hacienda Tarqui) |
| Coordinates | |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 0 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 0 |
| Start date | 1987/11/21 |
| End date | 1987/11/21 |
| Family | Melastomataceae |
| Identification | Axinaea merianiae (DC.)Triana |
| Determined by | Elvira Cotton |
| Identification qualifier | |
| Field notes | Shrub 2 m. Pink corolla. Dry low forest, tallest elements under 3 m |
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