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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Cassipourea elliptica (Sw..) Poir.
Det. G. T. Prance Ag. 201
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Flora of Belize
Darwin Initiative Project - Developing Integrated Assessment of
Biodiversity in Secondary Forest in Belize
Rhizophoraceae
Cassipourea guianensis Aubl.
Det by Z.A.Goodwin on Aug 07
Belize: Stann Creek District, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife
Sanctuary, 1km SE from visitors centre, 50m along & 30m south
of the Tiger Fern Trail, plot 3.
16° 46° 54.3" N 88° 27° 14.1" 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.
Tree 6.5m tall, smooth grey/brown bark with white streaks, white
scentless slash, ;
Goodwin, Zoé Africa 278
with S. Bridgewater, S. George,
N. Mora & I. Chan,
04 Nov 2006
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