Herbarium catalogue
Family: Melastomataceae
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Clidemia sericea D.Don
Collector/Expedition: Goodwin, Zoe Africa & Barrientos, Eduardo
Collection number: 1156
Collection date: 8th October 2009
Country/Territory: Belize:Orange Walk
Collecting locality: Belize:Orange Walk:Savanna west of Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary western lagoon. Site 9A
Latitude: 17°46'40''N, Longitude: 88°34'52''W
Habitat: Open woody savanna with scattered palmetto; with frequent Acoelorraphe wrightii (5 m), occasional Byrsonima crassifolia (6 m), Curatella americana (3 m), rare Pinus caribbea (to 20 m) providing <10% cover. Herb layer dominated by sedges providing 80% ground cover. Evidence of past inundation, and lots of anthropogenic disturbance including cutting & past burning.
Description: Frequent shrub to 1 m around palmetto; numerous branches from base; flowers with 4 calyx lobes, 4 white petals & 8 magenta/purple anthers. Ants feeding off flowers.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E00544279
Herbarium region: 14 (Central America)
Number of sheets: 1
Associated material:
Silica-driedEGEN0006141
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