Miconia corymbiformis Cogn. (1887: 964)

Paredes-Burneo, Diego, Michelangeli, Fabián A. & Abstract, Asunción Cano, 2018, Twelve new records of Melastomataceae from northern Peru, Phytotaxa 349 (3), pp. 237-246 : 240

Miconia corymbiformis Cogn. (1887: 964) . Figs. 3B, 3C .

Shrub 5 m. Branchlets quadrangular with the edges alate and interpetiolar flaps, glabrous. Leaf blades oblong to elliptic-oblong, 3–5 nerved, glabrous on both surfaces. Flowers 5-merous.

Distribution in Peru:—Montane forests on eastern slopes, between 3050 and 3150 m.

Specimens examined:— PERU. Piura. Huancabamba: El Carmen de la Frontera, Cerro Chinguela ; parte alta, límite superior del bosque, 3077 m, 17M 677843 9432600, 25 oct 2015, Diego Paredes B., Marco Cueva & Elluz Huamán 533 ( USM). El Carmen de la Frontera, carretera Sapalache – Cerro Chinguelas, 12–13 Km después de Sapalache, 3150 m, 5°7’21.7’’S 79°23’10.4’’W, 09 March 2016, F. A. Michelangeli, D. F. Paredes & M. Gavrutenko 2630 ( NY, USM) .

Figures

FIGURE 3. A, B, Meriania rigida (A, Paredes 526; B, Michelangeli 2635); C, D, E, Meriania sanguinea (C y E: Michelangeli 2618, D: Paredes 520). Photographs by Fabián A. Michelangeli (B, C, E), Diego Paredes-Burneo (A) and Marco Cueva (D).