Herbarium catalogue

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH E00396001 Flora of Belize Darwin Initiative Project - Developing Integrated Assessment of Biodiversity in Secondary Forest in Belize Marantaceae Calathea crotalifera S. Watson Det by Z.A.Goodwin on Jul 07 Belize: Stann Creek District, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, 1km SE from visitors centre, 50m along & 30m south of the Tiger Fern Trail, plot 3. 16° 46° 54.3" N 88° 27° 14.1" 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. Up to 2m tall, orange flowers emerging from base of leaf sheath. Goodwin, Zoé Africa 283 04 Nov 2006 with S. Bridgewater, S. George, N. Mora & |. Chan, Sheer 2of2 copyright reserved