Sphyrospermum buxifolium Poepp. & Endl.

  • Filed As

    Ericaceae
    Sphyrospermum buxifolium Poepp. & Endl.

  • Collector(s)

    B. C. Bennett 3669 with Patricia Gomez Andrade, 01 Apr 1989

  • Location

    Ecuador. Morona Santiago. Centro Shuar Yukutais. Ca 8 km S of Sucua, W side Rio Upana.

  • Description

    Epiphytic shrub; leaves fleshy; inflorescence axillary; flowers white; fruit maturing blue. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Collection Notes

    Shuar Voucher

  • Specimen Notes

    NY conversion: (4/96) Dupe(s) verified by JLL at QCNE (from orig. DUPDISTRIB field). Deposited at NY 05/13/1997

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 42763

    Occurrence ID: 612e3f66-3d85-41e3-899f-b954111de060

  • Related Publications

    [Article] Bennett, Bradley C., et al. 2002. Ethnobotany of the Shuar of eastern Ecuador. Advances Econ. Bot. 14: i--iii, 1--299.

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Morona Santiago

  • Locality

    Centro Shuar Yukutais. Ca 8 km S of Sucua, W side Rio Upana

  • Elevation

    Alt. 950 - 1000 m. (3117 - 3281 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -3.5, -78.17

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The New York Botanical Garden
INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY
Plant Resources of ftaazonian Ecuador Project
ERICACEAE
aff. Sphyrospermum
ECUADOR, Morona-Santiago. Centro Shuar
Yukutais. Ca 8km south of Sucua> west side of
Rio Upana. 03°30’S, 78°10’W.
Epiphytic shrub; leaves fleshy; inflorescence
axillary; flowers white; fruit maturing blue.
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Bradley Bennett 3669	April 1» 1989
with Patricia Gomez Andrade
Fieldwork supported by the U.S. Agency for International
Development
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New York Botanical Garden
Sphyrospermum buxifolium Poepp. & Endl. s.l.
P. Pedraza-Peftalosa & J. L. Luteyn, 2010
The New York Botanical Garden
Sphyrospermum buxifolium Poepp. & Endl.
de(. James L. Luteyn	19 Jo
REPORT ANY REIDENTIFICATION OF THIS VOUCHER
TO THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY, NY
Manuscript voucher of Bradley Bennett’s
Ethnobotany of the Shuar of Eastern Ecuador.
Plant Resources of Amazonian Ecuador
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