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Collector Lewis, G.P.
Number 2973
Collected with  
Country Ecuador
Subpart Loja
County  
Locality Road Loja-Vilcabamba, km 7.5 - 8, track to Cajanuma and Parque Nacional de Podocarpus, km 8, El Mirador
Coordinates 4° 6' S 79° 10' W
Minimum elevation (m) 3000
Maximum elevation (m) 3100
Start date 1997/02/06
End date 1997/02/06
Family Myrsinaceae
Identification Cybianthus marginatus (Benth.)Pipoly
Determined by J.J.Pipoli
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Vegetation: bosque humedo andino and elfin ericaceous scrub. Shrub to 1 m with +/- orange-coloured stems, leaves held semi-erect, fleshy, mid-green slightly glossy above, slightly paler below, margins red, older leaves changing to dark blood-red; calyces pale green with pinkish red lobes, corollas pink from a central whitish disc; mature fruits vertically compressed, subglobose, black glossy berries. Locally common in open sites in elfin scrub on scrub ridge top

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