| Collector | Balslev, H. |
| Number | 23914 |
| Collected with | Quintana, F. |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | CARCHI |
| County | |
| Locality | Summit on the road El ángel - Tulcán, km 17 from El Angel. Landslide in Espeletia and bunchgrass paramo. |
| Coordinates | 0° 40' N 77° 52' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 3700 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 3700 |
| Start date | 1980/05/28 |
| End date | 1980/05/28 |
| Family | Grammitidaceae |
| Identification | Melpomene moniliformis var. moniliformis (Lag.ex Sw.)A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran |
| Determined by | Lehnert,M. |
| Identification qualifier | |
| Field notes | On overhanging road cuts. |