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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN
EDINBURGH
E00544736
HERB. HORT. EDINB.
Flora of Belize
Malpighiaceae
Heteropterys lindeniana A. Juss.
Belize: Just north of the Western Highway, before mile 29.
17°17'13" N, 88°27'26" W
Rare shrub 3 m.
Savanna with dense pine to 14 m (25% canopy cover); shrub
layer with Byrsonima crassifolia (A) to 5 m (occasionally 8
m) and a dense shrub layer to 2 m (20% cover) containing
Davilla kunthii (F), Dodonaea viscosa (A), Acoelorraphe
wrightii (O), Curatella americana (O), Myrica cerifera (O),
Miconia albicans (F), Clidemia sericea (F) & Compositae
(SB40) (A). 100% ground cover of tussocky grass (& sedge)
with Cassytha filiformis (A) & lots of pine needles.
Collector: Goodwin, Zoé A. 1470
With: Lopez, German N.
15 May 2010
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E)
Darwin Initiative Project - Conservation of the lowland
savanna ecosystem in Belize
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