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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN
EDINBURGH
E00554374
IVUTU
HERB. HORT. EDINB. #f
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HES 194994910
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Macroptilium gracile (Benth.) Urb.
Det. Goodwin, Zoé A. 16" Sep 2011
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Flora of Belize
Fabaceae
Orange Walk: San Felipe Savanna; ca 3 Km South of San
Felipe-Blue Creek road.
17°51'49" N, 88°47'08" W
Rare vine; orange-pink contorted pea flower.
Oak woodland with dense palmetto understory. Canopy with
abundant Quercus oleoides 13 m (30-40 cm DBH) & rare
Pinus caribaea, sub-canopy of Acoelorraphe wrightii 3-5 m
25%. Shrub layer (60%) of abundant Calliandra houstoniana,
frequent Curatella americana, Byrsonima crassifolia,
Psychotria sp. & Turnera sp. Grass dominated herb layer to 50
cm (10%), leaf litter & sand 40%. Human disturbance,
rubbish, pine, oak & palmetto cut stems.
Collector: Goodwin, Zoé A. 1551
With: Lopez, German N. & Trevaskis, Alexander
23 May 2010
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (£)
Darwin Initiative Project - Conservation of the lowland
savanna ecosystem in Belize
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