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Clidemia dentata D.Don

(Melastomataceae)
Collection: Fajardo-G., F. et al. - 6281

Collection object

Herbarium stamp 32938
Preparations Excicado - 1
Determiner Mendoza, Humberto
Determination date 2021-07

Collecting event

Country Colombia
State/Province Antioquia
County San Luis
Locality Río Claro Natural Reserve
Coordinates (verbatim) 5.88907° N - 74.84708° W
Latitud decimal 5.88907
Longitud decimal -74.84708
Elevation (in meters) 356.0000000000
Collection date 2020-01-17

Taxonomy

Kingdom Plantae
Division Tracheophyta
Superclass Angiospermae
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Myrtales
Family Melastomataceae
Genus Clidemia
Species dentata
Species author D.Don
Scientific name Clidemia dentata D.Don

Biological attributes

Phenology Floración
Plant description Woody shrub to ~1.5 m. Stems are brown, branches are opening, new leaf shoot stems are green and hairy. Adaxial leaf surface is green with hair all over the surface, abaxial leaf surface is slight green with hair on veins, leaf smells like medicine. Flowers are axillary and terminal with white corolla and chocolate stamens.
Locality and habit remarks The collection is in the middle of evergreen tropical lowland forest, Magolalena Valley Forest on Karst, on the left of river. It is in semi-open dappled shade, understory place with litter, flat forest floor. Canopy to more than 20 m; surrounded by Cyclanthaceae, Araceae and common families. Walk from south side of Rio Claro Ecohotel along the river to the middle of the tropical lowland forest.

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Herbario JBB en línea - Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis. 2025-04-15
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Modified: 2021-09-14 10:59:03

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