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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN
EDINBURGH
E00375988
HERB. HORT. EDINB.
Flora of Belize
Darwin Initiative Project - Developing Integrated Assessment of
Biodiversity in Secondary Forest in Belize
Dilleniaceae
Davilla nitida (Vahl.) Kubitzki
Det by Z.A.Goodwin on Jul 07
Belize: Stann Creek District, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife
Sanctuary, 1km SE from visitors centre, 300m along & 60m off
the Tiger Fern Trail, plot 2.
16° 46° 54.1" 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
Psychotnia and Miconia sp.
Altitude: 100m
Red clay-based soil in floodplain of tributary to South Stann
Creek, granite bedrock with occasional limestone pockets.
Vine from canopy of Alchomea latifolia, stems feel sticky.
Goodwin, Zoé Africa 259 04 Nov 2006
with S. George, N. Mora, I. Chan,
S. Bridgewater & P. Walker
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