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HERB. HORT. EDINB. MQ00327 Flora of Belize Melastomataceae Conostegia icosandra (Sw. ex Wikstr.) Urb. copyright reserved Toledo: Deep River Forest Reserve North; ~8.5 km west of Southern Highway along BFREE access road, ~500 m north of access road. 16°32'12" N, 88°42'26" W Occasional small tree 4 m; flowers with calyptra, 8 white petals, and numerous yellow-orange anthers. Fringe between pine savanna woodland & broadleaf gallery forest. Pine savanna woodland with frequent Pinus caribaea 20 m (<5%) & rare Vochysia hondurensis 15 m; shrub layer of abundant Tripsacum latifolium, frequent Acoelorraphe wrightii 3-5 m, Byrsonima crassifolia 5 m, occasional Quercus oleoides 8 m. Partially burnt recently (1.5 month previously). Gallery forest with abundant Xylopia frutescens & Vochysia hondurensis. Collector: Goodwin, Zoé A. With: Lopez, German N. 1 May 2010 1249 | ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN ARIMA | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E) | Darwin Initiative Project - Conservation of the lowland an TS eee
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