Eriocaulon merrillii Ruhland

  • Filed As

    Eriocaulaceae
    Eriocaulon merrillii Ruhland

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 12248, Apr 1910

  • Location

    Philippines. Capiz. Magallanes (Mt. Giting-Giting), Island of Sibuyan.

  • Habitat

    Stream beds. rocks overlaid with fine mud or wet earth.

  • Description

    Solitary mud plants forming colonies; roots soft whitish; leaves in dense rosettes, ascendingly recurved, soft and succulent, whitish toward the base, otherwise pale green; inflorescent stalks, erect or ascending, green terete, strict, very unequal in length, several, at the base subtended by a green bract; heads chaffy brow, flattened; "Boybotanis".

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4315638

    Occurrence ID: 759b8dc6-4436-4e2e-84ef-ca32697bfe38

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  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Capiz

  • Locality

    Magallanes (Mt. Giting-Giting), Island of Sibuyan

  • Elevation

    Alt. 229 m. (751 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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12248* Eriocaulcn merr11111 Huhl. Solitary mud
plants forming colonies upon stream beds of rooks overlaid
with fine mad or wet earth at 7SQ feet; roots soft, whitish;
leaves In dense rosette^, asoendingly recurved, soft and
succulent* whitish toward the base, otherwise pale green;
infloresoent stalks, ereot or ascending, green, terete,
striat, very unequal in length, several, at the base subtended
by a green bract; heads chaffy brown, flattened; "Boybotanis,
Magallanes, April, 1910*
ELMER’S FIELD NOT¿
grlocaron »errillii RtihL .
Verified by H. N. Moldenke
October, 1959
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
04315638
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS
DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. C. ELMER
MAGALLANES (MT. QITINQ-QITINO), PROVINCE OF CAPIZ
ISLAND OF SIBUYAN, APRIL, 1910
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