Angelonia cornigera Hook.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Maranhão

• County/Municipio

  Loreto Mun.

• Locality

  "Ilha de Balsas" region, between the Rios Balsas and Parnaíba. About 25 km south of Lorêto. About 350 meters N of main house of Fazenda Santa Rita, on trail to Faz. Trabalhosa.

• Elevation

  Alt. 300 m. (984 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -7.283, -45.125

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

herbarium of the university of connectrcut
FLORA OF BRAZIL
STATE OF MARANHÀO
Angelonia micrantha Benth.
(det.L.B.Siaith,1965
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Municipio de Loreto: “Ilha de Balsas” region, between the
Rios Balsas and Parnaiba. About 25 km. south of LORETO,
ca. 7° 17’S., 45° 7—&w. About 350 meters N of main house of
Fazenda Santa Rita, on trail to Faz. Trabalhosa.
Main vegetation types of region: (1) "chapada”, a semi-closed tree woodland (or
“cerrad&o”) on flat tops & steep sides of plateaus, oa-ateep hilly land, and on
some areas of rolling or flat dry land; (2) “tabuleiro”, a semi-closed woodland,
or “cerradao”, of different physiognomy & species composition, on tops of hilly
or gently rolling land; (3) “mata”, a closed tropical forest of many tree species,
usually with palms, in flat stream valleys and in or alongside of brook ravines &
courses; (4) “caatinga”, a semi-open forest of few forest tree species on low
moist flat land and In narrow valleys between “tabulelro”-covered hills; (5) "var-
jao”, low moist flat land with scattered forest trees of one or a few species;
(6) “cocal”, thick groves of babagu palm on flat river plain of Bio Parnaiba and
some of its tributary streams .AAJJiy vegetation types completely deciduous during
dry season. All brooks intermittent. Annual ground fires and cattle grazing in
aU areas. Part of “tabuleiro” cut over, forming treeless grassy areas; most
"mata” and much “caatinga” & “varj&o” cultivated or abandoned, forming dense
secondary vegetation of low trees Sc tall shrubs (“capoelra”); some areas of
“chapada” with dense secondary vegetation (“carrasco”). Upland soils grayish,
tan, or light reddish brown silt or silty clay, very stony on slopes; lowland soils
mostly reddish brown to black silt loam, silty clay loam or clay loam, without
stones. Country rock horizontal light brown sandstone, exposed only on tops
of morros and on cliffs along the Bio Parnaiba.
This habitat: semi-open spot in ltchapadan-,tcaiTascoff
trass it ion (mixture of original cerradao woodland
with some secondary shrubby growthI. Soil light-
colored, sandy. Alt.1 ca. 300 m. 7 April 1962
Flowers blackish-purple.
leg. George Eiten and Liene T. Eiten,
no.
Distributed by the Instituto de Botànica, S&o Paulo
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