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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN
EDINBURSH
E00387496
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HERB. HORT. EDINB.
Goeppertia micans (L.Mathieu) Borchs. & S.Suarez
Fide F. Borchsenius et al., TAXON 37(3): 620-635. 2012
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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
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