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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN
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E00940935
HERB. HORT. EDINB.
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Flora of Belize
Melastomataceae
Clidemia D. Don
Stann Creek: Sittee River Forest Reserve, Mount Mossy, on
ridge-top to north of summit; ~6km southwest of Middlesex
and the Hummingbird Highway, immediately south of a
tributary of South Branch of the North Stann Creek river. 900
m
16°58'27" N, 88°32'52" W
Locally frequent shrub 2.5 m; magenta glandular hairs; pale
blue berries. 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. 914
With: Lloyd, Adam J.J.; Chan, Ivis J. & Garcia, E.
22 June 2008
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E)
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MQ@Q0327
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