Bromelia karatas L.

  • Filed As

    Bromeliaceae
    Bromelia karatas L.

  • Collector(s)

    Saunders, Janice 525, 5 Aug 1980

  • Location

    Honduras. Colon. 1.8 mi. strip on the north bacnk of rio Guaimoreto between old bridge and opening of Laguna Guaimoreto, 4.5 mi NE of Trujillo on old road to Castilla.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2021.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3854060

    Occurrence ID: bbb01a22-79fc-4bf0-abf2-11973887f3cc

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Poales

  • Family

    Bromeliaceae

  • All Determinations

    Bromelia karatas L.

  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Honduras

  • State/Province

    Colon

  • Locality

    1.8 mi. strip on the north bacnk of rio Guaimoreto between old bridge and opening of Laguna Guaimoreto, 4.5 mi NE of Trujillo on old road to Castilla

  • Coordinates

    15.9583, -85.9083

  • Location Notes

    [Mexico & Central America]

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PLANTS OF HONDURAS
BROMELIACEAE Departamento de Co,6n
Bromelia karatas L.
Terrestrial bromeliadl leaves whorled with
infl. at center; corolla purple, inner
bracts hot pink with velvety brown pubescence
leaves arching; with recurved spined;
fruits eaten by capuchins; (leaves and fruii-Q
with JS # 747) West site. ,	1CS
1.8 mi. »trip on the north bonk of rio Guaimoreto between old bridge and opening of Lagona Guai-
moreto *-5 mi. NE of Trujillo on old road to Costilla. Lot. 15* 5T 30' N; long. 85* 54' 30 ' W.
JANICE SAUNDEtS 525	DATE: Aug. 5, 1980
Capuchin feeding study by John S. Buckley under auspices of Dept, of Anthropology, Univ. of Texas
at Austin and Instituto Hondureno de Antropología e Historia.
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