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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN
EDINBURGH
E00396002
HERB. HORT. EDINB.
Flora of Belize
Darwin Initiative Project - Developing Integrated Assessment of
Biodiversity in Secondary Forest in Belize
Lauraceae
Lauraceae sp 9
Belize: Stann Creek District, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife
Sanctuary, 1km SE from visitors centre, 50m along & 30m north
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.
Sapling 3m tall, 2cm dbh, whitish bark with green-brown bands.
Goodwin, Zoé Africa 290 05 Nov 2006
with S. George, N. Mora, I. Chan,
S. Bridgewater & P. Walker
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