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ROYAL
BOTANIC
Flora of Belize
Lauraceae
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Stann Creek: Sittee River Forest Reserve, Mount Mossy
summit; ~6km southwest of Middlesex and the Hummingbird
Highway, immediately south of a tributary of South Branch of
the North Stann Creek river. 920 m
16°58'16" N, 88°32'55" W
Tree 5 m in clearing, pungent scent from crushed leaves &
twigs. Submontane hilltop forest to 15 m dominated by
Purdiaea belizensis, Clusia sp., Euterpe precatoria, Cyrilla
racemiflora, Ternstroemia tepezapote, Colpothrinax cookii
and Dendropanax arboreus. Understory dominated by
Anthurium sp., Psychotria elata & Synecanthus fibrosus. All
trees covered in mosses & epiphytes, leaf litter is thick &
spongy. Granite bedrock.
Collector: Goodwin, Zoé A. 891
With: Lloyd, Adam J.J.; Chan, Ivis J. & Garcia, E.
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN
22 June 2008
10 VU
E00940880
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E)
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