Family
Melastomataceae
Genus
Axinaea
Specific Epithet
sclerophylla
Authorship
Triana
9/25/2007
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Palanda
-4.481111, -79.149167
Location Remarks
Tapichalaca Reserve, south of Podocarpus National Park, along road between Yangana and Valladolid, upper Río Chinchipe watershed. Wet montane cloud forest and disturbed roadside vegetation. 2650 m elev.
Collectors
David Neill, C. Davidson, S. Christoph
Notes
Shrub 1.5 m tall. Corolla light violet-pink. Anthers yellow.