Jatropha hieronymi Kuntze

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Tarija

• County/Municipio

  Gran Chaco Prov.

• Locality

  canyon of Río Pilcomayo, along road from Villa Montes to Entre Ríos and Tarija, 18.3 km (by road) W of center of Villa Montes, 12.6 km (by road) W of bridge over Río Pilcomayo

• Elevation

  Alt. 471 m. (1545 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -21.2236, -63.5667

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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BOTANICAL
The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Euphorbiaceae Jatropha hieronymi Kuntze
det. M. Nee, 2006
DEPTO. TARIJA, Prov. Gran Chaco, canyon of Rio
Pilcomayo, along road from Villa Montes to Entre Rios and
Tarija, 18.3 km. (by road) W of center of Villa Montes, 12.6
km. (by road) W of bridge over Rio Pilcomayo.
21°13’25”S, 63°34’00”W. alt. 471 m.
Dry forest with Anadenanthera macrocarpa, Acacia
tucumanensis, A. hayesii, Synandrospadix vermitoxicus,
Saccellium lanceolatum, Cochlospermum tetraporum,
Loxopterygium grisebachii.
Shrub 2.5 m. tall; bark coppery, smooth, with papery peels,
almost identical to the bark of no. 54058 Cochlospermum
tetraporum. With copious water-milky sap. Petals light
yellow with red on outside; anthers yellow.
Coll.: M. Nee & 1.1. Linneo F. 54049 10 Feb. 2006
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