Crataeva tapia L.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Amazonas

• County/Municipio

  Itapiranga Mun.

• Locality

  Rio Pitinga, margem direita.

• Coordinates

  -0.944722, -59.5203

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  73156.6

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Georeferenced to the approximate geographic center of Rio Pitinga in Mun. Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas. Used Google Maps - Earth View to locate Rio Pitinga, a tributary of Rio Uatumã. The mouth of Rio Pitinga is adjacent to the reservoir of the Balbina Hydroelectric Dam (UHE Balbina). Used the Google Maps - Measure Distance Tool to measure a straight line between the mouth of the river (confluence of Rio Pitinga and the reservoir area of UHE Balbina) and the headwaters of the river (approximated through the dense forest cover), then halved this distance to find the midpoint of the line. Chose a point along Rio Pitinga nearest to the midpoint of the line; used the Google Maps - What's Here Tool to find the coordinates of the midpoint of the river, on the adjacent shore (collection assumed to be terrestrial). Used the Google Maps - Measure Distance Tool again to find the linear extent by measuring from the selected coordinates to the farthest extent of Rio Pitinga. Input coordinates, linear extent (73150.0 m), and measurement error (5 m) into the MaNIS Georeferencing Calculator to find the uncertainty radius. Note: UHE Pitinga was built along Rio Pitinga in the late 1990s; the selected coordinates are located downstream from the Dam.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

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PROGRAMA FLORA	»i'k
Projeto Flora Amazónica
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZONIA
Plants of Brasilian Amazonia
Vicinity of Rio UatumS
No. 667
Crataeva tapia L.
det. H. lit is j 1983 / !/JS~
Rio Pitinga, Municipio de Itapiranga, margem
direita; mata ciliar; solo argiloso.
Arvoreta de 7 m de altura; floreé com pétalas
brancas, estames arroxeados.
c.A. Cid, w.R. Buck, B.w. Nelson, Capparidaceae
F. Almeida, C.D.A. Mota & J. Lima_24/08/1979
Plants collected under the joint sponsorship of the National Science Foundation Latin-
American collaborative program and the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico
e Tecnológico in collaboration with the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazdnia-
Manaus.
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