Maxillaria purpurea (Spreng.) Ames

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Amapá

• Locality

  Rio Oiapoque: near first cachoeira on Rio Iaue, 0.5 km E of confluence with Rio Oiapoque

• Coordinates

  2.88, -52.37

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Plants Collected on a survey of
TERRITORIO AMAPA, BRASIL
RIO OIAPOQUE
No. 1*7762	Unicate
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<$£> IMAGED
New York Botanical Garden
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Epiphyte in branches of Hieronima sp#, about 2£ m above
ground j fruit green. In forest shade. First cachoeira
on Rio Iaue, 2° S31 N, £2° 22* W, 0.£ km east of conflu-
enee with Rio Oiapoque. Only 1 seen.
HERBARIUM BRADEANUM
RIO DE JANEIRO
(HB)
AAU^c^, < £*** H.S.Irwin, L.Y.Th.Westra
! J¡ 1/	/	/ y	Field operations conducted by the Institu
Data I * /^2-
August 23, i960
Det.
Instituto Agronomico do Norte, the Museu Goeldi, and the New
fork Botanical Garden. Supported in part by funds provided by the National Science Foundation
and the Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas.
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