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Accession Data:

Arthrostemma ciliatum Pav. ex D. Don

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Melastomataceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Colombia, Ecuador
  • Habitat: lowland rainforest

  • USDA Zone: 11-12

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500273
  • Source: Gleason ex Williams
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 3307 - NEOB: Bromeliad Island
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-14-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: rosids
  • Order: Myrtales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Melastomataceae
  • SubFamily: Melastomatoideae
  • Tribe: Melastomeae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
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References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Cuba / Jamaica / Trinidad-Tobago / Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil North

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, September 08, 2016.
  2. Arthrostemma ciliatum at GBIF. Last accessed on Thursday, September 08, 2016.

data regenerated on Mon, 14 Apr 2025 08:18:02 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Melastomataceae

Subfamily Melastomatoideae
Tribe Melastomeae

  • Arthrostemma ciliatum
  • Heterocentron unidentified
  • Tibouchina urvilleana 'Edwardsii'

Subfamily Melastomatoideae
Tribe Miconieae

  • Medinilla cummingii
  • Medinilla sedifolia
  • Pachycentria glauca

Subfamily Melastomatoideae
Tribe Sonerileae

  • Bredia hirsuta
  • Monolena aff. primuliflora
  • Monolena primuliflora
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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