Leandra belongs to the Melastomataceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 2 countries.
Family
Melastomataceae
Genus
Leandra
10/28/2007
Location
Peru, Cusco, Paucartambo (Kosnipata)
-12.876389, -71.408889
Location Remarks
Quebrada Piñi Piñi. Bosque secundario en una trocha de extracción de madera.
Collectors
Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Jim Farfán Vargas, Efraín Suclli, Antonio Peña Cruz
Notes
Arbusto 1.5 m; flores rosadas, tricomas rojos.
9/22/2007
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui
-3.630278, -78.447222
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor. Summit area of sandstone plateau, a western spur of the Cóndor, Contrafuerte Tres Patines, south of Río Tundayme, above the military road to Cóndor Mirador. Dense, wet dwarf forest and low shrubby vegetation. 1680 m elev.
Collectors
David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Shrub 1.5 m tall. Corolla cream-white.