Byttneria filipes Mart. ex K.Schum.

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Byttneriafilipes Mart.
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Determined by: N. Ritter (NHA), 1998
Flora of Bolivia
Family: Sterculiaceae
Byttneria
Department of Santa Cruz
Province of Angel Sandoval
A large cove at the southern end of Laguna Mandiore.
Separated from the main body of the lake by a narrow
spit of land. Elevation approximately 90 m. Center of
collecting: 18°14'12"S. 57°37'38"W.
Shrub. Growing in ca. 2.0 meters of
water. Very abundant locally.
Flowers and fruits present. Flowers
pale green. Sepals muddy red.
Habitat: very loose aggregation of
floating species with scattered
emergent shrubs. Dominated by
Ludwigia kelminthorrhiza, with
smaller amounts of Salvinia sp.,
Pistia stratiotes and Polygonum sp.
7/15/98	#4541
Collected by: N. Ritter, G. E. Crow , M. Garvizu and
C. Crow.
Hodgdon Herbarium
University of New Hampshire