Miconia scabra Cogn.

Rough Miconia (Miconia scabra)

The Rough Miconia is known exclusively from the type material that was collected in the year 1876 somewhere at the Chimborazo volcano in the Chimborazo Province of Ecuador.

The area where this species is thought to have been fpund is quite frequently visited by botanists, however, this species was never found again and is now considered most likely extinct.

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edited: 28.01.2020