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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN
EDINBURGH
E00544690
HERB. HORT. EDINB.
Evolvulus sericeus Sw.
Det. Goodwin, Zoé A. 15" Mar 2010
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
The Flora of Belize
Convolvulaceae
Evolvulus L.
Belize: Belize, Just north of the Western Highway, before mile
29. Site 1
17° 21° 25.879" N 88° 33’ 07.478" W (WGS84)
Savanna with dense pine to 14 m (25% canopy cover); shrub
layer with Byrsonima crassifolia (A) to 5 m (occasionally 8 m)
and a dense shrub layer to 2 m (20% cover) containing Davilla
kunthii (F), Dodonaea viscosa (A), Acoelorraphe wrightii (O),
Curatella americana (O), Myrica cerifera (O), Miconia albicans
(F), Clidemia sericea (F) & Compositae (SB40) (A). 100%
ground cover of tussocky grass (& sedge) with Cassytha
filiformis (A) & lots of pine needles.
Alt.: 40m
Rare delicate vine in herb layer, cemented at points to
Cyperaceae; leaves severely reduced; white flowers
diameter. na Sea
Goodwin, Zoé A. with
Bridgewater, Samuel G.M. 1034
Darwin Initiative Project No.17022
Conservation of the lowland savanna ecosystem in Belize
15 SEP 2009
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