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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 o [>- t copyright reserved
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