Schefflera pittieri Harms

  • Filed As

    Araliaceae
    Schefflera pittieri Harms

  • Collector(s)

    W. C. Burger 9363 with Richard Baker, John Utley, 21 Oct 1975

  • Location

    Costa Rica. Along the Rio PAra Blanca (Pacific drainage). Cerro de Zurqui. Heredia and San Jose Provinces.

  • Habitat

    Open pasture and remnants of lower montane rain forest formations on ridges and steep slopes along the Rio Para Blanca.

  • Description

    Growing on a large trunk about 2 m in diameter in pasture. About 8 m tall with a broad rounded crown. Inflorescences yellowish-green, more or less terminal with racimes of umbels alternate on a main axis.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    DNA Voucher: Tissue sample removed February 2018 for study by Sarah Hardy & Greg Plunkett. DNA #21

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 03226997

    Occurrence ID: 099e4997-7656-4c74-87a9-b8643c4a45d3

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  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Costa Rica

  • Locality

    Along the Rio PAra Blanca (Pacific drainage). Cerro de Zurqui. Heredia and San Jose Provinces

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1600 - 1800 m. (5249 - 5906 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    10.05, -84.02

  • Distribution

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    No botanical uses.

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Growing on a large trunk about 2 m in diameter
In pasture. About 8 m tall with a broad rounded
crown. Inflorescences yellowish-green, more or
less terminal with raclmes of umbels alternate
on a main axis.
Open pasture and remnants of lower montane rain forest formations on ridges
and steep dopes along the Rio Para Blanca (Pacific drainage), Cerro de
Zurqui. Heredia and San Jose Provinces. 10« 3’N. x 84* l’W. 1600-1800m.
altitude.
WILLIAM BURGER, RICHARD BAKER, A JOHN UTLEY
21 Oct. 1975
Supported in Part from Grants of the National Science Foundation
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