Caperonia castaneifolia (L.) A.St.-Hil.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Guyana

• State/Province

  Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo

• Locality

  Sand Creek Village, 3 km E of junction of Rupununi & Katawau River

• Elevation

  Alt. 100 m. (328 ft.)

• Coordinates

  3, -59.52

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
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PLANTS OF THE GUIANAS
Caperonia paludosa Klotzsch
Det. L.J. Gillespie, 1991
GUYANA. U. Takutu-U. Essequibo Region: Sand Creek
Village, 3 km E of junction of Rupununi & Katawau
Rivers. 3°00’N, 59°31’W. Elev. 100 m. Partially
inundated savanna, 1 km S Sand Creek Village.
White sand-clay soil. Erect herb with succulent
stems, flowers white, fruit green.
L J. Gillespie 1708	21 June 1989
With: D. Gopaul & P. Peterson
SMITHSONIAN BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF THE GUIANAS
PROGRAM - U.S. NATIONAL HERBARIUM (US)
03950093