Details of record no: 82873

Melastomastrum capitatum (Vahl) A.Fern. & R.Fern.

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Date: 26 Feb 1995
Recorder(s):DK Harder
Collector(s):DK Harder
2818
Determiner(s):RE Gereau
Confirmer(s):
Herbarium:MO
Habitat: Collections in riverine forest above source and in surrounding woodland of Uapaca, Aframomum; Pteridium.
Location: Ikelenge District; Zambezi Source National Heritage Site; 18.0 km S of Ikelenge then 4.8 km E on access road from Ikelenge-Mwinilunga Rd.
Location code(s): 114
Outing code:
Planted code: Not planted
Country: Zambia
Quarter Degree Square: 1124A4
Grid reference:
FZ Divisions (Flora Zambesiaca): W
Current administrative provinces: Nw
Altitude (metres): 1500
Notes: Occasional; in woodland; shrub to 1 m; upper stems, abaxial leaf surfaces, petioles and calyx lobes red; petals deep purple; upper anthers bright yellow; lower light purple with red-purple filaments; capsules turning red.
Latitude, Longitude: -11.366389,24.372222
Location Accuracy Code: 5

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Individual record no: 82873: Melastomastrum capitatum.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species-record.php?record_id=82873, retrieved 23 November 2024

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