Diplusodon xerampelinus Lourteig

HOLOTYPE

Credit:MNHN - Paris, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, AA - 2015

Project:Mellon

Specimen

Herbier

MNHN-P-P01901995

Sector

AME (America)

Taxonomy

Family

Lythraceae

Genus

Diplusodon

Species

Diplusodon xerampelinus

Name

Diplusodon xerampelinus Lourteig

Origin

Country label

Brazil

Country ISO (code)

Brazil (br)

Verbatim locality

C.O., GO, Alto Paraiso, Chapada dos Veadeiros, 4 km NE of road, 16 km by road N of Alto Paraiso

Collector's name

Gates|Estabrook

With

Estabrook

Collector's number

140

Collection date

1979-2-5

Altitude

1600

Description

Branched bushy shrubs to 120cm among boulders on steep facing hillside. Sepals dark red; petals, filaments, style all purple; anthers yellow.

Ecological note

Shrub, rocky hillside, sandy soil, common

Determination

Lourteig