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Accession Data:

Monolena primuliflora Hook. f.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Melastomataceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Ecuador, Peru

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 202200041
  • Source: Smith College
  • Provenance:
    Smith College Botanic Garden, rooted cuttings March 20, 2022
  • Accession Date: 03-20-2022
  • Bench: 1307 - NEOA: West Bench NC
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 4 confirmed on 03-12-2025

Classification:

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

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022

References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Ecuador / Peru

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, July 24, 2017.

data regenerated on Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:34:20 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

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Current Accessions in the Melastomataceae

Subfamily Melastomatoideae
Tribe Melastomeae

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  • 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
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