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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH E00396214 HERB. HORT. EDINB. Meee0493 ROYAL BOTANIC Flora of Belize Darwin Initiative Project - Developing Integrated Assessment of Biodiversity in Secondary Forest in Belize Chrysobalanaceae Licania sparsipilis Blake copyright reserved Det by R.Akers on Jul 07 Belize: Stann Creek District, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, 1km SE from visitors centre, 300m along & 60m off the Tiger Fern Trail, plot 2. 16° 46° 54.1" N 88° 27° 7.7" W (WGS84) Tropical evergreen, lowland, seasonal, broadleaf 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 Psychotna and Miconia sp. Altitude: 100m LL A a aS ELS SE: ee ee Red clay-based soil in floodplain of tributary to South Stann Creek, granite bedrock with occasional limestone pockets Tree 9m tall, 2cm dbh, red swollen glands at base of leaf blade Goodwin, Zoé Africa 264 04 | h with S. George, N. Mora, I. Chan, Nev 2006 S. Bridgewater & P. Walker
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