Gomidesia kunthiana O.Berg

  • Filed As

    Myrtaceae
    Gomidesia kunthiana O.Berg

  • Collector(s)

    H. S. Irwin 2768, 02 Mar 1959

  • Location

    Brazil. Espírito Santo. Pico da Bandeira, Serra Caparao.

  • Habitat

    Among rocks on steep slope, gravelly soil. Locally white.

  • Description

    Shrub to 1.5 m., dense and closely branched. Corolla white. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 594985

    Occurrence ID: f655e176-837f-4a5d-8d7f-ad2c8fe0921f

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Myrtales

  • Family

    Myrtaceae

  • All Determinations

    Gomidesia kunthiana O.Berg det E. M. Nic Lughadha, 1994
    Note: This specimen is filed as Myrcia kunthiana,. Species name in Myrcia not known yet by World Checklist Myrtaceae, 2017. Myrcia kunthiana Steudel is really Myrcia splendens ((Sw.) DC.

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Espírito Santo

  • Locality

    Pico da Bandeira, Serra Caparao

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2804.2 m. (9200 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -20.4338, -41.7982

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    745.049

  • Georeferencing Method

    Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Georeferenced to the point along the Pico da Bandeira trail at an elevation of approximately 2804m that is closest to the approximate geographic center of all the areas found at an elevation of 2804m within the Serra Caparaó mountains, along the border between the states of Espírito Santo (Mun. Alegre) and Minas Gerais (Mun. Alto Caparaó). Using Google Maps - Text Search and Terrain View, located Pico da Bandeira, the trail leading up to the peak from two directions, and the point at an elevation of approximately 2804m closest to the center of all the other areas on the mountain at that elevation. Using Google Maps - What's Here tool, found coordinates (final) for that point. Using Google Maps- Measure Distance tool, determined linear extent by measuring from the selected final coordinates to the most distant point at an elevation between 2800m and 2820m (-20.440333, -41.799642; this is to account for limitations in contour-line precision at the highest zoom level in Google Maps - Terrain View). Input linear extent (742.98 m), coordinate precision (0.00001 degrees), datum (WGS84), and measurement error (0.5 m) into the MaNIS Georeferencing Calculator to find the uncertainty radius (according to Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Named Place: Defined area).

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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02768
PLANTS OF BRAZIL
Distributed by The University of Texas
Herbarium
Myrtaceae
ESPIRITO SANTO: Pico da Bandeira, Serra
Caparao' ca. 9200*. Shrub to l^m, dense
and closely branched, among rocks on steep
slope, gravelly soil. Co white. Locally
common.
Date: 2 March 1959
Coll: H, S. Irwin No. 2768
00594985