Crescentia cujete L.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Amazonas

• Locality

  Praia de Lajes, opposite meeting of the waters, Manaus

• Coordinates

  -3.14235, -59.906

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  10714.1

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Georeferenced to the approximate geographic center of the area full of lakes nearby the "meeting of the waters" of Rio Negro and Rio Amazonas in Mun. Manaus, Amazonas. Used Google Maps - Earth View to locate the approximate geographic center of the confluence of Rio Negro and Rio Amazonas, south of the city of Manaus. Used the Google Maps - What's Here Tool to find the coordinates of the approximate geographic center of the confluence (on the island directly south of Manaus, since collection assumed to be terrestrial). Used the Google Maps - Measure Distance Tool to find the linear extent of the area by measuring from the selected coordinates to the farthest extent of the confluence (using visual evidence to approximate). Input coordinates, linear extent (10710.0 m), and measurement error (2.5 m) into the MaNIS Georeferencing Calculator to find the uncertainty radius (according to Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Named Place: Defined Area).

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN .
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZONIA
Plants of Brazilian Amazonia
State óf Amazonas
Rio Solimóes
No. 24371
Cree
Praia de Lajes, opposite meeting of the waters
Crescentia
Manaus.
Tree 3m with spreading branches.
Bignoniaceae
G.T. Prance, S.A. Mori, R.J. Hill,
J.C. Bernardi, & D. Shimabukuru February 114977
Field work supported by the National Science Foundation, Contelho Nacional de Deaenvolvimento
Científico e Technológico collaborative program, and by the R/V Alpha Helix program.
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