Tibouchina sp.
Melastomataceae
| Collection Number | Croat, T 96491 |
| Collectors | Thomas B. Croat, C. Davidson & Sharon Christoph |
| Identified By | F.A. Michelangeli (K), 2012 |
| Source | C. Davidson |
| Date | 27 March 2006 |
| Country | Ecuador |
| province | Pichincha |
| Location | Along road from Tandayapa to Mindo, vicinity Bellavista, 0.5 km S of Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve. 2180 m elev. |
| Lat/Long | S 00 01 02 W 078 40 52 |
| Note | Less than 1 m tall; petals white; ovary green with red trichomes, maturing to red; five pink anthers, five yellow. Internodes and petioles red. |
Local Habitat
0.6km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Pichincha, Vicinity of Bellavista Cloud Forest Preserve, along side road to Bellavista Scientific Research Station and side road to Nanegalito, departing main Bellavista-Mindo Road, 1.2 km S of Bellavista, 0.3 km to 1 km west of Tandayapa-Mindo Road., S 00 01 16 W 078 41 07 |
| Date | 27 March 2006 |
| Ecology | Medium to high elevation cloud forest |
0.6km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Pichincha, vicinity of Bellavista Cloud Forest Preserve, along side road to Bellavista Scientific Research Station and side road to Nanegalito, departing main Bellavista-Mindo Road, 1.2 km S of Bellavista, 0.3 km to 1 km west of Tandayapa-Mindo Road., S 00 01 16 W 078 41 07 |
| Date | 27 March 2006 |
| Ecology | Montane rain forest. |
6.0km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Prov. Pichincha, Along road from Tandayapa to Mindo via Bellavista, 1.7-2.1 km not beyond Bellavista., S 00 01 02 W 078 44 07 |
| Date | 14 February 2005 |
| Ecology | Cloud forest. |
