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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 So co) Pad i o n ® i = | ao = Py a ° Oo MQ00322
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