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Chalybea
Chalybea is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae with about 11 accepted species. It is found in parts of South and North America, including Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Nevada in the US,
Species accepted (March 2021) include:
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Chalybea mutisiana
speciesChalybea mutisiana

Chalybea macrocarpa
speciesChalybea macrocarpa

Chalybea kirkbridei
speciesChalybea kirkbridei

Chalybea ecuadorensis
speciesChalybea ecuadorensis

Chalybea corymbifera
speciesChalybea corymbifera
Chalybea peruviana
speciesChalybea peruviana
Chalybea penduliflora
speciesChalybea penduliflora
Chalybea occidentalis
speciesChalybea occidentalis
Chalybea minor
speciesChalybea minor
Chalybea calyptrata
speciesChalybea calyptrata
Chalybea brevipedunculata
speciesChalybea brevipedunculata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 871913.