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Collector Lewis, G.P.
Number 3685
Collected with B. Merino & N. Aguirre
Country Ecuador
Subpart El Oro
County  
Locality Manu-Guanasan, km 17.
Coordinates 3° 27' S 79° 28' W
Minimum elevation (m) 3150
Maximum elevation (m) 3150
Start date 1997/11/06
End date 1997/11/06
Family Melastomataceae
Identification Axinaea merianiae (DC.)Triana
Determined by Elvira Cotton
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Vegetation: tussock grass paramo with rocky outcrops and steep slopes. Shrub, 1-1.5 m; leaves coriaceous, dark green tinged purplish; calyces thick, yellowish red with a green central spot on each lobe, fleshy petals and filaments white tinged pale pinkish lavender, anthers ochre-brown with a black spur

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