Myrsinaceae

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Bahia

• Locality

  Serra so Rio de Contas; Between 2.5 and 5 km south of Vila do Rio de Contas on side road to west of the road to Livramento, leading to the Rio Brumado

• Elevation

  Alt. 980 m. (3215 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -13.6, -41.83

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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EX HERBARIO KEWENSI
BRAZIL: ESTADO DA BAHIA
Serra do Rio de Contas
R.M. Harley. SJ. Mayo, R.M. Storr. T.S. Santos, & R.S. Pinheiro.
in Harley No.
Field work sponsored bv the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the Academia
Brasileira de Ciencias, and carried out with the collaboration of the Centro de
Pesciuisas do Cacau, Itabuna, Bahia, January-April, 19??.
? Myrsinaceae
Between 2,5 and 5 S. of Vila, do rti© de
Contas on side road to tf« of the road to
Livramento, leading to the Rio Brumado.
Rocky riverside with rapids, riverine
vegetation, cerrado with sandstone outcrops
and some grassland areas subject to f3.ooding,
but dry at time of collection.
Annrox- lf.l°50*2 1 7>°U
Approx. ¿fl°50‘Vi, 13036’£. ca, 9S0m.
This plant in disturbed cerrado by river.
Shrub to 1.5m. Leaves rather bright, glossy
green above, paler beneath, coriaceous. Young
stems rusty brcwn. Fruit lurid glossy green.
28 Karch 1977
20131
EX HERB. HORT. BOT. REG. KEW.
THIS MATERIAL IS RESTRICTED. IT IS SUBJECT TO THE RBG KEW
TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH IT WAS SUPPLIED.
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