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HERB. HORT. EDINB.
Flora of Belize
Darwin Initiative Project - Developing Integrated Assessment of
Biodiversity in Secondary Forest in Belize
Euphorbiaceae
Alchomea latifolia Sw.
Det by Z.A.Goodwin 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
Red clay-based soil in floodplain of tributary to South Stann
Creek, granite bedrock with occasional limestone pockets.
Tree with 2 trunks, 18m tall (canopy height), 15.1 & 6.4cm dbh.
novel een Bryophyte- covered, soft, crumbly bark, white underneath.
|| / / | | | Goodwin, Zoé Africa 258 04 Nov 2006
E00396216 ; with S. George, N. Mora, I. Chan,
S. Bridgewater & P. Walker
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