Miconia salicifolia
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Miconia salicifolia is a plant type from the family of melastomataceae . The species occurs from Colombia via Ecuador to Peru . It grows together with Hesperomeles obtusifolia , Diplostephium alveolatum , Berberis goudotii , Escallonia myrtelloides and species of the genus Gynoxys .
description
Miconia salicifolia is an erect large between one and three meters plant . It is covered in dense, yellowish, felty hairs in many places. The only absolute exception to this are the tops of the 5.2 centimeters long and 0.2 to 1.3 centimeters wide leaf blades . These are shiny and have a wedge-shaped base. The edges of the leaves are sometimes strongly rolled up. Except for the midrib, no other veins can be seen. The inflorescence develops axillary . The flower cup is red. The oval, balding sepals measure 1.2 to 1.6 millimeters in length and 1.6 millimeters in width. The ovary is also felted and the stigma is club-shaped. The purple fears are between 3.2 and 4 millimeters in size. The flowering time is in April and the fruit ripens from June to February.
Botanical history
The species was first described in 1851 by Charles Victor Naudin .
swell
- Pedraza Peñalosa, Luisa Paola: Las plantas con flores de los alrededores de la laguna de Chisacá p. 137.Bogotá 2000.
Individual evidence
- ↑ See entry at IPNI
