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| ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURSH E00387496 | HERB. HORT. EDINB. Goeppertia micans (L.Mathieu) Borchs. & S.Suarez Fide F. Borchsenius et al., TAXON 37(3): 620-635. 2012 (2. Flora of Belize Darwin Initiative Project - Developing Integrated Assessment of Biodiversity in Secondary Forest in Belize Marantaceae Calathea micans (Mathieu) Korn. Det by Z.A.Goodwin on Jul 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 Psychotna and Miconia sp. Altitude: 100m Red clay-based soil in floodplain of tributary to South Stann Creek, granite bedrock with occasional limestone pockets Very common, fronds up to 80cm, terrestrial. Goodwin, Zoé Africa 218 with S. George, N. Mora, |. Chan & P. Walker 01 Nov 2006 xo} i) > ae o 77) 2 oad on D cS > a ° oO
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