Nitella tenuissima (Desv.) Kütz.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Maranhão

• County/Municipio

  Lorêto Mun.

• Locality

  "Ilha de Balsas" region, between the Rios Balsas and Parnaíba, ca. 3 km east of main house Fazenda "Morros", about 35 km south of Lorêto

• Elevation

  Alt. 300 m. (984 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -7.38, -45.03

• Location Notes

  Edge of pond at "Sambaíba".

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

FLORA OF BRAZIL
STATE OF MARANHÄO
Chara
Municipio de Loreto: “Ilha de Balsas” region, between the Rios
. Balsas and Parnaiba. Ca. 3 1® Cast of main house of Fazenda
“Morros”, about 35 km. south of LORlsTO. Alt. ca. 300 m.
ca,7° 23 >s., 45° 2 >w. Edge of damned pond at ttSambalDa,,
Main vegetation types of region: (1) “chapada”, a semi-closed tree woodland (or
“cerrad&o”) on flat tops & steep sides of plateaus, .cn .steei»	toady and on
some areas of rolling or flat dry land; (2) “tabuleiro”, a semi-closed woodland,
or “cerrad&o”, of different physiognomy & species composition, on tops of hilly
or gently rolling land; (3) “mata”, a closed tropical forest of many tree species,
usually with palms, in flat stream valleys and in or alongside of brook ravines &
courses; (4) “caatinga”, a semi-open forest of few forest tree species on low
moist flat land and in narrow valleys between “tabuleiro”-covered hills; (5) “var-
jao”, low moist flat land with scattered forest trees of one or a few species;
(6) “cocal”, thick groves of babagu palm on flat river plain of Rio Parnaiba and
some of its tributary streams.^M&JlIJvegetation types completely deciduous during
dry season. All brooks intermittent?. Annual ground fires and cattle grazing in
all areas. Part of “tabuleiro” cut over, forming treeless grassy areas; most
“mata” and much “caatinga” & “varjao” cultivated or abandoned, forming dense
secondary vegetation of low trees & tall shrubs (“capoeira'*); some areas of
“chapada” with dense secondary vegetation (“carrasco”). Upland soils grayish,
tan, or light reddish brown silt or silty clay, very stony on slopes; lowland soils
mostly reddish brown to black silt loam, silty clay loam or clay loam, without
stones. Country rock horizontal light brown sandstone, exposed only on tops
of morros and on cliffs along the Rio Parnaiba.
This habitat: rooted In brown silty clay (with humus)
and submerged in a few cm* of water at edge of pond.
In semi-shade of trees*
16 May 1962
leg. George Eiten and Liene T. Eiten, no. 4-587
Distributed by the Instituto de Botánica, Säo Paulo
/
The New York Botanical Garden
Fragment removed for DNA analysis.
TP449 0W / ¿oU
RICHARD D. WOOD HERBARIUM
DEPOSITED 1978
IN
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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ANNOTATION
DET. M. CHOUDHARY & R. D. WOOD
ACC.: A MONOGRAPH OF THE OJARAM/yj, WOOD, 1965 (1959).
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
19231
CHARACEAE
Herbarium of R. D. Wood
University of Rhode Island
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BOTAMiCAl
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No..458-7....... Nitella tenuissima (Desv.)Kutz.
Rooted in brown silty clay (With humus),
and submerged in a few cm. of water at edge
of dammed pond,in semi-shade of trees. Ca.
3 km, E of main house of Fazenda "Morros*
c. 35 km. S of Loreto. Brazil
Coll.George Eiten & Liene T.Eiten
May./..1£../19...6£..
Det.: M. Choudhary	Mar.qrh...4.../19...65...
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