Melothria pendula L.

  • Filed As

    Cucurbitaceae
    Melothria pendula L.

  • Collector(s)

    H. S. Irwin 34890 with W. R. Anderon, M. Stieber, E. Y.-T. Lee, S. G. da Fonsêca, R. Souza, J. Fonsêca Filho, 23 Jan 1972

  • Location

    Brazil. Goiás. Niquelândia Mun. ca. 17 km S. of Niquelândia.

  • Habitat

    Gallery forest and adjacent cerrado.

  • Description

    Slender tendril climber ca. 3 m long. Corolla light yellow. Fruit green, nitid. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1184259

    Occurrence ID: 3ebbe554-e1c4-48ad-9e5b-fa8f85ce668e

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Cucurbitales

  • Family

    Cucurbitaceae

  • All Determinations

    Melothria pendula L. det C. Jeffrey, 1974
    Note: !, L. F. P. Lima, 2010

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Goiás

  • County/Municipio

    Niquelândia Mun.

  • Locality

    ca. 17 km S. of Niquelândia

  • Coordinates

    -14.6037, -48.45

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    10000

  • Georeferencing Method

    online gazetteer. Coordinates from Species Link, offset calculated on MANIS.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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ICN - Universidade Federal do Rio
Grande do Sul
Melothria pendula L
Det.: Lima, L.F.P. Data: 11.03.2010
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
........01184259
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of the PlanaIto do Brasil
EstadodeGoias
No. 5^890
Melothria pendula L.
dup. det. 0. Jeffrey, 1974-
Slender tendril-cliraber to ca. 3m long.
Corolla light yellow. Fruit green, nitid.
Gallery forest and adjacent cerrado, ca.
17km S. of Niquelandia. Elev. ca. 7§0m.
H5. Irwin, Wit. Anderson, M. Stieber, E.Y.-T. Lee
-23 Jama
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deBra
1972
Field work conducted with the collaboration of the Universidade de Brasilia and the
Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimentado Agrícola do Norte, supported in part by
funds from the National Science Foundation.
01184259