Melothria pendula L.

  • Filed As

    Cucurbitaceae
    Melothria pendula L.

  • Collector(s)

    W. R. Anderson 9894 with S. R. Hill, R. Reis dos Santos, and R. Souza, 07 May 1973

  • Location

    Brazil. Mato Grosso. Ca. 5 km N of Barra do Garças, south face of mountain.

  • Habitat

    Mesophytic woods and sandstone faces along stream and near waterfall and cerrado on drier slopes above.

  • Description

    Herbaceous vine, flowers yellow, fruit green. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1184260

    Occurrence ID: 938b97af-73f1-4e4a-9335-08ce6f7ecfd6

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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

    Mato Grosso

  • Locality

    Ca. 5 km N of Barra do Garças, south face of mountain

  • Elevation

    Alt. 500 m. (1640 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -15.8381, -52.25

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    1000

  • Georeferencing Method

    Online gazetteer. Offset calculated as straight line on MANIS website.

  • 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
PLANTS OF THE PLANALTO DO BRASIL
Collected for The New York Botanical Garden by W. R. Anderson,
S. R. Hill, R. Reis dos Santos, and R. Souza
Estado de Mato Grosso
Melothria pendula L.
dup. det. 0. Jeffrey,
197^
Ca. 5 km N of Barra do Garqas, south face of
mountain; elev. 500 m; mesophytic woods and
sandstone faces along stream and near water-
fall, and cerrado on drier slopes above.
Herbaceous vine near waterfall; flowers yellow*
fruit green.
William fe Anderson qQqk_ ? May 1973
Field work supported in part by funds from the National Science	—
and conducted with the collaboration of the Universidade de Brasilia and a-
Institute de Pesquisas • Experimental Agricola do Norte.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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