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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH E00554360 , WZ me HERB. HORT. EDINB. £™, xt Flora of Belize Commelinaceae Commelina diffusa Burm. f. Orange Walk: Savanna West between Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary & New River Lagoon; ~2 Km South of access road from Crooked Tree Village. 17°44'14" N, 88°35'51" W Occasional scandent herb: flowers with 3 clawed, bright cobalt blue petals (2 large, 1 small) & 3 yellow anthers. Open woody savanna with large white, sandy patches, palmetto clumps & small oak thickets. Occasional Quercus oleoides (locally abundant) 5 m, frequent Pinus caribaea 5-8 m, Curatella americana 3 m, Acoelorraphe wrightii 3m & Chrysobalanus icaco 1 m. Grass dominated herb layer in oak thicket. Collector: Goodwin, Zoé A. With: Lopez, German N. 16 May 2010 1475 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E) Darwin Initiative Project - Conservation of the lowland Savanna ecosystem in Belize Maoana2)7) xo} ) Pad cS] ® 2) co) I ~ ony (oy) = > a ° iS)
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