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Flora of Belize
Convolvulaceae
Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L.
Toledo: Deep River Forest Reserve North; 500 m north of
Southern Highway.
16°27'50" N, 88°43'37" W
Rare (locally frequent) scandent herb to 50 cm; flowers
delicate, pale blue ca. 0.8 cm across.
Open pine woodland savanna, turning into broken ridge.
Abundant pine 17 m, 5%; shrub layer of occasional .
Acoelorraphe wrightii 6 m & Byrsonima crassifolia 6 m; open
grassland with a rich herb layer including abundant
Chamaecrista desvauxii, frequent Hypericum terrae-firmae,
Coutoubea spicata, Melochia spicata, occasional Ageratum
radicans & Sauvagesia erecta. Not burnt for many years.
Collector: Goodwin, Zoé A. 1695
With: Lopez, German N.
6 November 2010
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EDINBURGH Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E)
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