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Family: Marantaceae
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Calathea crotalifera S.Watson
Collector/Expedition: Goodwin, Zoe Africa
Collection number: 283
Collection date: 4th November 2006
Country/Territory: Belize
Collecting locality: Belize:Stann Creek District:Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, 1km SE from visitors centre, 50m along & 30m south of the Tiger Fern Trail, plot3.
Latitude: 16°46'54''N, Longitude: 88°27'14''W
Habitat: Red clay-based soil in floodplain of tributary to South Stann Creek, granite bedrock with occasional limestone pockets.; Vegetation: Tropical evergreen, lowland, seasonal forest: Yucatan variant, canopy height 17+m, 80% canopy cover. Understory is dense layer of Polybotrys caudata, young Attalea cohune, Costus pulverulentus, Calathea micans, and numerous Psychotria and Miconia sp.
Description: Up to 2m tall, orange flowers emerging from base of leaf sheath.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SPECIMEN/SHEET
Barcode: E00396001
Herbarium region: 14 (Central America)
Number of sheets: 2
Associated material:
Herbarium specimen/sheetE00376000
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