Herbarium catalogue

HERB. HORT. EDINB. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh The Flora of Belize Melastomataceae Clidemia sericea D. Don Belize: Orange Walk, Savanna west of Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary western lagoon. Site 9A 17° 46° 39.54" N 88° 34° 52.02" W (WGS84) Open woody savanna with scattered palmetto; with frequent Acoelorraphe wrightii (5 m), occasional Byrsonima crassifolia (6 m), Curatella americana (3 m), rare Pinus caribaea (to 20 m) providing <10% cover. Herb layer dominated by sedges providing 80% ground cover. Evidence of past inundation, and lots of anthropogenic disturbance including cutting & past burning. Alt.: 45m Frequent shrub to 1 m around palmetto; numerous branches from base; flowers with 4 calyx lobes, 4 white petals & 8 magenta/purple anthers. Ants feeding off flowers. 4 eG Goodwin, Zoé A. with Barrientos, 08 OCT 2009 % Eduardo 1156 > HLT Darwin Initiative Project No.17022 ll | | | | | | Conservation of the lowland savanna ecosystem in Belize E00544279 | N N om fav) S = copyright reserved