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HERB. HORT. EDINB.
Flora of Belize
Darwin Initiative Project - Developing Integrated Assessment of
Biodiversity in Secondary Forest in Belize
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Commelina rufipes var glabrata Seub.
Det by Z.A.Goodwin on Sep 07
Belize: Stann Creek District, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife
3 : Sanctuary, 1km SE from visitors centre, 50m along & 30m north
"a & of the Tiger Fern Trail, plot 4.
\ 16° 46’ 59.1" N 88° 27° 12.6" 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
Psychotria 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 Goodwin, Zoé Africa 302 05 Nov 2006
POE D RH with S. George, N. Mora, |. Chan,
ll | | | | | | S. Bridgewater & P. Walker
E00375889
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