Chiococca alba (L.) Hitchc.

  • Filed As

    Rubiaceae
    Chiococca alba (L.) Hitchc.

  • Collector(s)

    W. R. Anderson 6567 with M. T. Kalin Arroyo, S. R. Hill, R. Reis dos Santos, and R. Souza, 07 Mar 1973

  • Location

    Brazil. Goiás. Alto Paraíso de Goiás Mun. Chapada dos Veadeiros, ca. 6-7 km E of Alto Paraíso on road to Nova Roma.

  • Habitat

    region of cerrado with sandstone outcrops, giving way above to grassy campo and below mesophytic forest; edge of forest.

  • Description

    Shrub 1.7 m tall; fruit green, maturing white. Phenology of specimen: Fertile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 949084

    Occurrence ID: 4f94a1b3-d61e-41a1-983b-625fc3ac0522

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Gentianales

  • Family

    Rubiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Chiococca alba (L.) Hitchc. det J. H. Kirkbride Jr., 1976

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Goiás

  • County/Municipio

    Alto Paraíso de Goiás Mun.

  • Locality

    Chapada dos Veadeiros, ca. 6-7 km E of Alto Paraíso on road to Nova Roma

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1400 m. (4593 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -14.0755, -47.4754

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    5000

  • Georeferencing Method

    Online gazetteer. Locality info says "ca. 6-7 km E...", but road heads NE. Coordinates calculated for a point 6.5 km NE.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
00949084
PLANTS OF THE PLANALTO DO BRASIL
Collected for The New York Botanical Garden by W. R. Anderson,
M. T. TTaitai Arroyo, S. R. Hill, R. Reis dos Santos, and R. Souza
Estado de Goi¿s
Chapada dos Veadeiros
Chiococca alba (L.) Hitch.
Bet. Kirkbride, 1976
6-7 km E of Alto Paraíso on road to Nova ]
elev. ca. 1^00 m; region of cerrado with sand-
stone outcrops, giving way above to grassy
campo and below to mesophytic forest.
Shrub 1.7 m tall; fruit green, maturing white;
edge of forest.
m
William R. Anderson 656 7
7 March 1973
Field work supported in part by fonda from the National Sclence Fonndation
and conducted with the collaboration of the Universidade de Brasilia and the
Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimentta$áo Aerícola do Norte.
00949084