Axinaea sclerophylla Triana (1871: 68)

Paredes-Burneo, Diego, Michelangeli, Fabián A. & Abstract, Asunción Cano, 2018, Twelve new records of Melastomataceae from northern Peru, Phytotaxa 349 (3), pp. 237-246 : 239

Axinaea sclerophylla Triana (1871: 68) . Figs. 2A, 2B .

Tree 1.5– 8 m. Young stems, leaf blades beneath, inflorescence and hypanthium covered with barbellate hairs. Flowers 5-merous, calyx lobes short and rounded with inconspicuous teeth.

Distribution in Peru:—Montane forests on eastern slopes, at high elevations until the timberline between 2900 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 October 2015, Diego F. Paredes, Marco Cueva & Elluz Huamán 531 ( USM). El Carmen de la Frontera, Comunidad Campesina Segundo y Cajas, parte alta, 2895 m, 17M 679718 9433076, 27 October 2015, Diego F. Paredes, Marco Cueva & Elluz Huamán 558 ( NY, USM). El Carmen de la Frontera, Carretera Sapalache-Cerro Chingelas, ca 11 km despues de Sapalache, 3140 m, 5° 7.705’ S 79° 23.650’ W, 09 mar 2016, F. A. Michelangeli, D. F. Paredes & M. Gavrutenko 2624 ( NY, 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, Fabián Michelangeli, D. F. Paredes & M. Gavrutenko 2631 ( NY, USM) .

Figures

FIGURE 2. A, B, Axinaea sclerophylla (A: Paredes 531; B: Michelangeli 2631); C: Brachyotum jamesonii (Paredes 505). Photographs by Diego Paredes-Burneo and (A, C) Fabián A. Michelangeli (B).