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Flora of Belize
Fabaceae - Faboideae
Vigna linearis (Kunth) Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier
Orange Walk: San Felipe Savanna; ca 3 Km South of San
Felipe-Blue Creek road.
17°51'49" N, 88°47'08" W
Occasional vine; blue/purple tinged green flower buds.
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. 1547
With: Lopez, German N. & Trevaskis, Alexander
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN 23 May 2010
EDINBURGH :
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E)
Darwin Initiative Project - Conservation of the lowland
E00544808 Savanna ecosystem in Belize
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