Diodia apiculata (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) K.Schum.

  • Filed As

    Rubiaceae
    Diodia apiculata (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) K.Schum.

  • Collector(s)

    R. M. Harley 19369 with S. J. Mayo, R. M. Storr, T. S. Santos & R. S. Pinheiro, 04 Mar 1977

  • Location

    Brazil. Bahia. Morro do Chapéu Mun. 19.5 km SE of the town of Morro do Chapeu on the BA052 road to Mundo Novo, by the Rio Ferro Doido.

  • Habitat

    With water worn horizontally bedded sandstone at soil surface, with damp sand, sedge marsh, expodes rock with water-fall. Open scrub to closed low woodland in the drier areas.

  • Description

    Prostrate subshrub with stems from a tap root. stems reddish. Leaves dark green, reddish-tinged. Corolla pale whitish-pink. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 396764

    Occurrence ID: e4052f2d-0200-41e3-af9f-656bd24c0e70

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Bahia

  • County/Municipio

    Morro do Chapéu Mun.

  • Locality

    19.5 km SE of the town of Morro do Chapeu on the BA052 road to Mundo Novo, by the Rio Ferro Doido

  • Elevation

    Alt. 900 m. (2953 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -11.63, -41.03

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Field work sponsored bv the Roval Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the Academia
Brasileira de Ciencias, and carried out with the collaboration of the Centro de
Pesquisas do Cacau, Itabuna, Bahia. January-April, 19??.
Rubiaceae
19.5km.S.E. of the town of Morro do. Chapeu
on the BA052 road to Mundo Novo, by the Rio
Ferro Doido, with water worn horizontally
bedded sandstone at soil surface, with damp
sand, sedge marsh, exposed rock with water-
fall. Vegetation open scrub to closed low
woodland in the drier areas.
Approx. 41°02*W, ll038'S# Alt. ca. 90Qm.
Prostrate subshrub with stems from a tap
root. Stems reddish. Leaves dark green,
reddish-tinged. Corolla pale whitish-pink.
4 March 1977	R M Harley	19 #9
Morro do Chapeu
R.M. Harley. S.J. Mayo. R.M. Storr. T.S. Santos. &. R.S. Pinheiro*
in Harley No. f
YORK BOTANICAL GARW*|
00396764””"
EX HERBARIO KEWENSI
BRAZIL: ESTADO DA BAHIA
00396764