Leandra longicoma specimen from Venezuela

PLANTS OF VENEZUELA MELASTOMATACEAE No. 21757 Leandra longicoma Cogn. det. J. Wurdack 1986 APURE: Distrito Páezi Sala de Rutsar brew 56- Cutufi on the Río Cutufi and the Río Sanare; 58'W, 7°09-11'N; elev. 300-350 m. Selectively logged, evergreen, lowland forest. Shrub along stream; 2 m tall, hairs dark red in inflorescence; petals and filaments white; anthers yellow; fruit red, turning purplish 13 SEP 2021 black. G. Davidse & A.C. González 8-12 Nov. 1982 Distributed by the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Instituto Botánico (Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales Renovables). Field work supported by NSF (United States and CONICIT (Venezuela). Botanical Research Institute of Texas