Ruellia puri (Nees) Mart. ex Jackson

  • Filed As

    Acanthaceae
    Ruellia puri (Nees) Mart. ex Jackson

  • Collector(s)

    W. R. Anderson 6354 with M. T. Kalin Arroyo, S. R. Hill, R. Reis dos Santos, and R. Souza, 05 Mar 1973

  • Location

    Brazil. Goiás. Alto Paraíso de Goiás Mun. Chapada dos Veadeiros, ca. 1 km E of Alto Paraíso on road to Nova Roma.

  • Habitat

    region of mesophytic forest along stream and on hill above, changing to cerrado on higher, drier slopes; forest understory.

  • Description

    Slender shrub to 1 m tall; corolla lavender. Phenology of specimen: Fertile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 930383

    Occurrence ID: 0f99b737-0118-4cff-86d9-a72876f0e4af

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Goiás

  • County/Municipio

    Alto Paraíso de Goiás Mun.

  • Locality

    Chapada dos Veadeiros, ca. 1 km E of Alto Paraíso on road to Nova Roma

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1300 m. (4265 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -14.1103, -47.5103

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    5000

  • Georeferencing Method

    Online gazetteer. Locality info says "1 km E...", but road heads slightly NE.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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PLANTS OF THE PLANALTO DO BRASIL
Collected for The New York Botanical Garden by W. R. Anderson,
M. T. reaHw Arroyo, S. R. Hill, R. Reis dos Santos, and R. Souza
Estado de Goi¿s
Chapada dos Veadeiros
Ruellia puri (Nees) Mart, ex Jackson
dup. det. D. C. Wasshausen, 197U
1 km E of Alto Paraíso on road to Nova Roma;
elev. ca. 1300 m; region of mesophytic forest
along stream and on hill above, changing to
cerrado on higher, drier slopes.
Slender shrub to 1 m tall; corolla lavender;
forest understory.
William R. Anderson 635^	5 March 1978
Field work supported in part by funds from the National Science Foundation
and conducted with the collaboration of the Univeroidade de Brasilia and the
Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimentagáo Agrícola do Norte.
00930383