- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77297439-1
- Publication
- Phytotaxa
- Collation
- 544(1): 53
- Date of Publication
- 27 Apr 2022
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Melastomataceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- W.Ganev 1680
- Locality
- Abaíra, Serra da Tromba, Nascente do Rio de Contas, 1500 m
- Collection Date
- 18 Dec 1992
- Type Herbaria
- holotype HUEFS
isotype HUFU
isotype SPF
isotype US - Latitude
- 13° 16' S
- Longitude
- 41° 47' W
- Distribution Of Types
- Bahia (Brazil Northeast, Brazil, Southern America)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.544.1.4 Etymology: 'The specific epithet refers to the decumbent habit of this species, that is, the stem is reclined to the soil but the branches are raised'.