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Collector Lewis, G.P.
Number 2489
Collected with  
Country Ecuador
Subpart Azuay
County  
Locality 31 km S of centre of Cuenca
Coordinates 3° 8' S 79° 2' W
Minimum elevation (m) 3000
Maximum elevation (m) 3000
Start date 1996/08/15
End date 1996/08/15
Family Melastomataceae
Identification Axinaea merianiae (DC.)Triana
Determined by Elvira Cotton
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Vegetation: bosque andino and pastureland. Rather spindly shrub to 1 m; leaves coriaceous, dark bottle-green glossy above, paler and dull below with blood-red veins, calyces somewhat fleshy, dark blood-red, petals waxy, pale whitish pink on inner face, mauve-pink on outer face, anthers ellipsoid, ochre-brown with a dark brown spur

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