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Type of: Cambessedesia harleyi Wurdack

Collector Harley, R.M.
Number 19189
Collected with S.J. Mayo, R.M. storr, T.S. Santos & R.S. Pinheiro
Country Brazil
Subpart Estado do Chapeu
County  
Locality Morro do Chapeu. Rio do Ferro Doido, 19.5 km. S.E. of Morro do Chapou on the BA 052 highway to Mundo Novo, with water-worn horizontally bedded sandstone at soil surface, with damp sand, sedge-marsh, exposed rock and watefall. Vegetation open scrub to closed low woodland in drier areas
Coordinates 11° 38' S 41° 2' W
Minimum elevation (m) 900
Maximum elevation (m) 900
Start date 1977/03/01
End date 1977/03/01
Family Melastomataceae
Identification Cambessedesia harleyi Wurdack
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Field notes Subshrub to 1.5 m. Leaves strongly and finely bullate, mid-green above, pale beneath. Calyx reddish-tinged. Petals bright vermilion with small yellow basal zone. Stamens golden-yellow.

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