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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN
EDINBURGH
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E00544:
Flora of Belize
Apocynaceae
Mandevilla subsagittata | (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
Toledo: Paynes Creek National Park; East of Punta Ycacos
(Cocoa plum) Lagoon; 100 m NW of Rangers Station.
16°19'53" N, 88°36'08" W
Occasional vine in Curatella americana & Calliandra
houstoniana; yellow & red corolla; copious white latex,
Dense woody savanna. Rare Pinus caribaea 10 m (<5%):
shrub layer (50%) of abundant Calliandra houstoniana 2 m,
Davilla kunthii 2 m, frequent Byrsonima crassifolia 3(-5) m,
Curatella americana 5 m & Acoelorraphe wrightii 2-8 m.
Herb layer to 50 cm mix of grasses & sedges with Cassytha
filiformis, 50%. Not burnt for 4 years.
Collector: Goodwin, Zoé A.
With: Lopez, German N. & Muschamp, Mario
5May 2010
1334
; Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (£)
Darwin Initiative Project - Conservation of the lowland
Savanna ecosystem in Belize
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