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Collector Lewis, G.P.
Number 2859
Collected with Lozano,P.
Country Ecuador
Subpart Azuay
County  
Locality Road Loja-Cuenca, 79 km N of saraguro. Vegetation: grass paramo with some shrubs
Coordinates 3° 14' S 79° 3' W
Minimum elevation (m) 3275
Maximum elevation (m) 3275
Start date 1996/11/30
End date 1996/11/30
Family Melastomataceae
Identification Miconia prietoi Wurdack
Determined by Cotton,E.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Prostrate shrublet to 10 cm, leaves discolorous, mid-green glossy above, paler and dull below; calyces mid-green, petals creamish white, becoming pink, filaments golden-yellow; young fruits purplish. On exposed embankment. Locally common

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