Kielmeyera variabilis Mart. & Zucc.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Goiás

• County/Municipio

  Caldas Novas Mun.

• Locality

  At headwaters of the creek, Rio Quente, near hotel, "Pousada do Rio Quente", at foot of west slope of the Serra de Caldas (a flat-topped Batholithic dome), 13 km due WSW of city of Caldas Novas.

• Coordinates

  -17.8, -48.75

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Flora of Brazil
STM'S OF GOÏÀS
Kielmeyera p
ruth Poh I
V
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I-Iunicipio de Caldas Novas* at headwaters of tho
creek, Bio Quento, near hotel, "Pousada do Eio
Quente". part way up west slope of the Serra dé
Caldas (a flat-topped bathblithic done), 13 kra
duo TiSli of city of CALDAS ÎT01/AS« 20 Deo 1974
17248*3, 48s45*^* In oreek valley carved into
side of serra, 400 m upstream from hotel • In
"belt of undistwbed cerrado type oampo on 459
slope on raid-level of oreok-valley side, just
below tall cliffs. À low~shrub savanna with
dicot shrubs & Vellozia. Soil full of small
quartz stones drived from quartz inclusions in
weathored q.uartzite bodrook, . Fine soil brown
with humus.
This n®* low single-stemmed shrub which each *•
y*ar dies to ground and then grows anew from
underground xylopodium« Petals white, fila-
ments light green, anthers dull orange*
leg. Szechias P. Heringer & George Eiten,
n2 14120
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