Alzatea verticillata Ruiz & Pav.

ECUADOR
ALZATEACEAE
AJzatea vertid 1Jata Ruiz & Pav.
SA
2HU
[216A]
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det. D.A. Neill (MO), 2009
Zamora-Chinchipe: Yantzaza Cantón
Cordillera del Cóndor region. Rio
Machinaza watershed, east of Los
Encuentros. Low, very dense wet forest
on Hollín sandstone plateau; canopy
about 10 m tall with emergent trees to
20 m. In and near a 0.25-hectare forest
inventory plot, "Aurelian Plot 4".
"Fruta del Norte" mining area of Kinross
Aurelian Corp., about 2 km north of Las
Peñas camp.
03°46'36"S 078°29'43"W	1620 m
28 June 2009
David Neill & Camilo Kajekai 16608
HERBARIO NACIONAL DEL ECUADOR (QCNE)
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
BOTANICAL
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Tree 12 m tall, with trunk 20 cm DBH.
Outside of the tree plot, not censused.
Old leaves turn reddish before
dropping. Leaves thick and coriaceous,
similar to Clusia. Floral buds green.
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