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Blakea
Sign in to saveBlakea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. There are about 189 species distributed from Mexico to Bolivia and the Antilles. They are climbers, shrubs, and trees, some epiphytic. One species from the cloud forests of Costa Rica is pollinated by rice rats.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMyrtales
- FamilyMelastomataceae
Native toBelize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is.
Observations recorded28,740
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,828
- With media
- 1,072
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Collections
- CAS
- Recorded in
- Colombia, Peru, Panama, Costa Rica
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Melastomataceae
- Image
- Blakea Eriocalyx.jpg
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- Category:Blakea
- taxon name
- Blakea
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Blakea
- taxon common name
- 杯碟花属
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