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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN
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Flora of Belize
Euphorbiaceae
Alchorneopsis
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
Frequent 15 m canopy tree, single trunk with smooth grey
bark & lenticels. Fallen leaves collected. 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. 874
With: Lloyd, Adam J.J.; Chan, Ivis J. & Garcia, E.
22 June 2008
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E)
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