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EDINBURGH
Flora of Belize
Darwin Initiative Project - Developing Integrated Assessment of
Biodiversity in Secondary Forest in Belize
Quiinaceae
Quiina schippii Stand.
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Det by Z.A.Goodwin on Aug 07
Belize: Stann Creek District, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife
Sanctuary, 1km SE from visitors centre, 300m along & 30m off
the Tiger Fern Trail, plot 1
16° 46° 55.1" 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
Psychotnia and Miconia sp.
Altitude: 100m
Red clay-based soil in floodplain of tributary to South Stann
Creek, granite bedrock with occasional limestone pockets.
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN Sapling 1.6m, <0.5cm dbh
EDINBURGH
IMM
E00375985
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Goodwin, Zoé Africa 253 04 Nov 2006
with S. George, N. Mora, |. Chan,
S. Bridgewater & P. Walker
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