Andira cordata Arroyo ex R.T.Penn. & H.C.Lima

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Maranhão

• County/Municipio

  Codó Mun.

• Locality

  Fazenda Canto da Roça.

• Coordinates

  -4.5, -43.9

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

FLORA OF BRAZIL
State of Maranhao
Municipality of Cod& (4°30'S, 43°54'W), "Fazenda Canto da Roca (Spoken: Rossa)"
(1400 mm pluviosity per year, dry season from August to October). Several vege-
tation types mixed in'a mosaic-like fashion. "Chapada", light and open forest
with trees 10-25 m tall, on sandy soil. Prominent tree species: rapiria yuianen-
sis ("PftU Pombo"), Astronium fra* ini folium ("Goncalo Alves"), Tetrayastris
altissima ("Amescla"), Cartfocar Sp. ("Piqui"), Tabcbuia sp. (MPau d’ Arco") , C
“Pau Chapada". "Cerrado (called "Campo“ in this region), lower trees, more open
vegetation with grassy groundlayer, on sandy soil: Qualea grandi flora ("Pau
Terra"),• Curaiella americana ("Lixa"), Dimorphandra sp. (“Faveira*), Platonia
insignia ("Bacuri")i Parkia Sp., ¿nnona eoriacea and Several species of
Byrson'ima ("Hurici"). "BabaSSU forest" with Orbignya martiana and O. eichlcri ?
palms. "Tabuleiro*, grassy fields bn clayed soil» inundated during the rainy
season, covered by low herbaceous vegetation. On patches with raised soil plat-
form "islands" of shrubby or forest-like vegetation with elements from all
surrounding vegetation types are occurring. Along the water course and around
the small headwater lagoons tall "Buriti palms" (Mauritia fiexuosa) grow, and
in open swampy places with grasses and sedges, Araceae (caladium sp. and others)
occur/
• - transition to "Chapada 11
Calyxdeep red, petals light
April,9*1982
Andira cordata Arroyo ex R.T. Pennington nom.
provis.
DET. R.T. Pennington (E)
Jan. 1994
00452274