Urospatha sagittifolia (Rudge) Schott

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Amazonas

• Locality

  Rio Negro, km 7 of old road from Santa Isabel de Rio Negro to airport

• Coordinates

  -0.383333, -65.0333

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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Programa Flora
The New York Botanical Garden
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia
Museu Paraense Emilio Goeidi
Plants of BRAZIL
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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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BOTANICAL
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Urospatha
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BRAZIL. Amazonas: Rio Negro, km 7 of old road from
Santa Isabel de Rio Negro to airport. Caatinga
forest on sandy humous soil. 0°23'S/65°2'W.
Herb, growing in stagnant water, leaves dull green
above, pale green below, leaves with a "cobra-line"
pattern at the base, spatha green, flushed with
purple, spadix green, purplish toward apex.
P.J.M. Maas
10 October 1987
Fieldwork supported by The National Science Foundation and the
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq).
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