Melochia spicata (L.) Fryxell

  • Filed As

    Malvaceae
    Melochia spicata (L.) Fryxell

  • Collector(s)

    B. M. Torke 530 with Freddy Zenteno, Jorge Eduardo Gonzáles, Jerry Valda & Ramiro Gonzáles, 26 May 2009

  • Location

    Bolivia. La Paz. Abel Iturralde Prov. "Pampas del Madidi" area of the middle reaches of the Rio Madidi basin: "Campamento Permanente" on the N shore of the Rio Madidi, ca. 15.6 linear km NE of the confluence with the Rio Enatahua (Rio Inambari according to one guide), pampas ca. 1.2 km N of camp.

  • Habitat

    Wet seep on gentle slope in savanna near forest edge.

  • Description

    Small shrub, ca. 0.5 m tall, floral bracts green, calyx and corolla tube white, petal lobes light purple, bracts turning brown in fruit; SILICA COLLECTION.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02684750

    Occurrence ID: b6446f63-d052-477c-8aea-bbeac736ce21

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Bolivia

  • State/Province

    La Paz

  • County/Municipio

    Abel Iturralde Prov.

  • Locality

    "Pampas del Madidi" area of the middle reaches of the Rio Madidi basin: "Campamento Permanente" on the N shore of the Rio Madidi, ca. 15.6 linear km NE of the confluence with the Rio Enatahua (Rio Inambari according to one guide), pampas ca. 1.2 km N of camp

  • Elevation

    Alt. 175 m. (574 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -12.8526, -67.6537

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Sterculiaceae
Melochia spicata (L.) Fryxell
det: L. J. Dorr, May 2016
B. M. Torke 530
The New York Botanical Garden
Wildlife Conservation Society
Biological Inventory of the Pampas del Madidi
Malvaceae
Bolivia. La Paz. Iturralde. "Pampas del Madidi" area of the
middle reaches of the Rio Madidi basin: "Campamento
Permanente" on the N shore of the Rio Madidi, ca. 15.6
linear km NE of the confluence with the Rio Enatahua (Rio
Inambari according to one guide), pampas ca. 1.2 km N of
camp.
12°5r9.34"S, 67°39,13.43"W
175 m.
Wet seep on gentle slope in savanna near forest edge.
Small shrub, ca. 0.5 m tall, floral bracts green, calyx and
corolla tube white, petal lobes light purple, bracts turning
brown in fruit; SILICA COLLECTION.
26 May 2009
Benjamin M. Torke, Freddy Zenteno, Jorge Eduardo
Gonzales, Jerry Valda & Ramiro Gonzales 530
Field work supported by the Beneficia Foundation
02684750