Filed As:

Turneraceae
Turnera diffusa Willd. ex Schult.

All Determinations:

Turnera diffusa Willd. ex Schult. det. D. E. Atha, 1998

Location:

Puerto Rico. N of Hwy 2 at Km marker 217, just east of town of Tallaboa, on slopes facing the sea. Alt. 40 m. (131 ft.)

Collector(s):

D. E. Atha 1920 with José Cedeño, 24 Aug 1998

Description:

Shrub ca. 1 m tall with resinous odor; flowers yellow. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

Habitat:

Scrub forest with many characteristic arid species, no trees or shrubs over ca. 2.5 m tall. Guettarda, Uniola virgata, Comocladia dodonaea, Thrinax morrisii, Turnera diffusa, Nashia, Pictetia aculeata, Antirhea acutata. Limestone substrate on slope.

Other:

Collection Notes: This may be a duplicate catalogue record for the NY sheet. The barcode for this record may not have been attached to an actual sheet.
Specimen Notes: "Specimens could not be located in Herbarium. - Meryl Rubin, 06-2010"

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 200071
GUID: ac6327d4-43aa-43c3-8c48-b544a2ed6106

Map:

Coordinates: (17.9792, -66.7016)

Distribution:

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