Licania canescens Benoist

  • Filed As

    Chrysobalanaceae
    Licania canescens Benoist

  • Collector(s)

    W. L. Balée 46, 05 Jun 1985

  • Location

    Brazil. Maranhão. Monção Mun. Basin of the Rio Turiaçu; Ka'apor Indian Reserve; 4 km NW of settlement of Urutawy.

  • Habitat

    Moist terra firme forest on mild slope.

  • Description

    Tree 35.0 cm DBH. Phenology of specimen: Sterile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 195402

    Occurrence ID: 2b6bf7a2-df59-4fc9-855f-64e45fc69f21

  • Related Publications

    [Article] Prance, Ghillean T., et al. 1987. Quantitative Ethnobotany and the Case for Conservation in Amazonia. Conservation Biol. 1 (4): 269-310.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.1987.tb00050.x

  • Local Name

    wapindi'y

  • Language
    Kaapor
  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malpighiales

  • Family

    Chrysobalanaceae

  • All Determinations

    Licania canescens Benoist
    Note: ! G. T. Prance, July 1986

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Maranhão

  • County/Municipio

    Monção Mun.

  • Locality

    Basin of the Rio Turiaçu; Ka'apor Indian Reserve; 4 km NW of settlement of Urutawy

  • Coordinates

    -3.14045, -45.9635

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    17707

  • Georeferencing Method

    Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Located Urutawy, 19km E of Post Guajá within Alto Turiaçu Reserve (Forline, 1997). Linear extent roughly found as halved dist. betwn coordinates + Ze Doca (nearby villages difficult to find). Offset coord. (4km NW) + uncert. found using MaNIS Georef Calc

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

    No botanical uses.

THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Institute of Economic Botany
PLANTS OF BRAZIL— State of MaranhSo
No. 46	Chrysobalanaceae
Licania cannescens
Municipio de Mongao: Basin of the Rio Turiagu;
Ka'apor Indian Reserve; 4km NW of settlement of
Urutawy.
Moist terra firme forest on mild slope.
Tree 35.0 cm DBH.
Inventory voucher #=556
Uses :
n.v.: wapindi'y
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