Monochaetum longicaudatum Alvear & Almeda

Alvear, Marcela, Ocampo, Gilberto, Parra-O, Carlos & Almeda, Eduino Carbonó And Frank, 2015, Melastomataceae of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Colombia): floristic affinities and annotated catalogue, Phytotaxa 195 (1), pp. 1-30 : 29

Monochaetum longicaudatum Alvear & Almeda

Type: Colombia, Hanbury-Tracy 342 ( HT: US; IT: K) .

Shrub. Colombia Endemic. Andes, SNSM. 2000–4250 m.

Dept.: CAL, CES, GUJ, MAG.

Distr.: Colombia.

Voucher: Romero-Castañeda 848 ( COL, US, UTMC)

Note: known from less than five collections.

Conservation status: Endangered ( EN).