Filed As:

Solanaceae
Lycianthes rantonnei (Carrière) Bitter

All Determinations:

Lycianthes rantonnei (Carrière) Bitter det. M. H. Nee, 1997

Location:

Brazil. Minas Gerais. 13 km by road W of Januária on road to Serra das Araras, ca. 2 km E of large limestone hill. Alt. 575 m. (1886 ft.)

Collector(s):

W. R. Anderson 9139 with P. A. Fryxell, S. R. Hill, R. Reis dos Santos, and R. Souza, 19 Apr 1973

Description:

Shrub 1.5 m tall; corolla purple. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

Habitat:

road cut through tropical forest on sandy soil, apparently over limestone.

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 911176
GUID: c67ac63a-35cc-47fd-a444-3d4dd729846a

Map:

Georeferencing Method: Online gazetteer (Coordinates for Januária from CRIA. Offset calculated as straight line (SW, not W) on MANIS website.)
Coordinate Uncertainty(m): 5000
Geodetic Datum: WGS84
Coordinates: (-15.5664, -44.4524)

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