Filed As:

Fabaceae
Desmodium platycarpum Benth.

All Determinations:

Desmodium platycarpum Benth. det. B. G. Schubert, 1968

Location:

Brazil. Distrito Federal. Chapada da Contagem, ca. 25 km NE of Brasília. Alt. 1000 m. (3281 ft.)

Collector(s):

H. S. Irwin 8027 with R. Souza, R. Reis dos Santos, 07 Sep 1965

Description:

Herb ca. 70 cm. tall, from thickened base. Corolla magenta, becoming blue-violet with age. Fruit greenish brown. Phenology of specimen: Flower, Fruit.

Habitat:

Recently burned-over campo.

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 01020004
GUID: 64b8917e-f35e-4733-913e-25a49a4f00ac

Map:

Georeferencing Method: Online gazetteer (Coordinates for Brasília determined from ADL, offset calculated on MANIS.)
Coordinate Uncertainty(m): 10000
Geodetic Datum: WGS84
Coordinates: (-15.6235, -47.7517)

Distribution:

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