Dioclea bicolor Benth.

  • Filed As

    Fabaceae
    Dioclea bicolor Benth.

  • Collector(s)

    G. Eiten 5417 with Liene T. Eiten, 20 Aug 1963

  • Location

    Brazil. Maranhão. Pastos Bons Mun. ca. 20 km West of Pastos Bons, between km 166 & 167 markers on the road to Sao Raimundo das Mangabeiras.

  • Habitat

    "chapada" vegetation (xeromorphic woodland or "cerradão") on flat plateau top.

  • Description

    Shrub 1-1½ m. tall. Sepals dark reddish-purple. Petals violet pink, standard with a light yellow spot at center base of front surface; almost all trees in leaf at present date (near end of dry season). Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 00984485

    Occurrence ID: 2e899168-e988-419c-a7a9-75cdbe86d38c

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Maranhão

  • County/Municipio

    Pastos Bons Mun.

  • Locality

    ca. 20 km West of Pastos Bons, between km 166 & 167 markers on the road to Sao Raimundo das Mangabeiras

  • Elevation

    Alt. 400 m. (1312 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -6.7, -44.23

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WESTMINSTER BR AZI LIAN EXPEDITION, 1963
flora of Brasil	'.
STATE OT MARANHXO
Dioclea rufescens Benth.
Det: H. S. Irwin, 1966
Municipio da fastos Bons: ca. 20 tas vest of PISTOS -
BONS, betveen k» 166 & 167 markers on road to SlO RAI-
HONDO DAS MAHGABEIRAS. 6t¿2<8.	Alt« ea¿ ¿00 *.
«Chapada" vegetation (xerosarphic voodland or "cerradao")
on fíat plateau top, almos t all traes in leaf at prasant
data (near «Bd of dry season)«	20 Aog’1963
This m*t shrub 1-1 1/2 m. tall. Sep&ls dsrk
reddl sh-purple. Petáis Yiolet pizüc9 standard
vith a light yellow spot at cantar basa of írant
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leg. George Biten & Liase T. Eiten, n® 5417 (plant 2)
Difitrfoutftd by the instituto de Botánica, Sfto Paulo
Vtoclea	pA ygWrii; '^^
Det. by 7?. W, MftyWílS ¿»¿- ^ ^Date
Indiana University Southeast Herbarium
00984485