Eugenia punicifolia (Kunth) DC.

  • Filed As

    Myrtaceae
    Eugenia punicifolia (Kunth) DC.

  • Collector(s)

    W. R. Anderson 7209 with M. T. Kalin Arroyo, S. R. Hill, R. Reis dos Santos, and R. Souza, 16 Mar 1973

  • Location

    Brazil. Goiás. Teresina de Goiás Mun. Chapada dos Veadeiros, 24 km by road S of Terezina.

  • Habitat

    Region with cerrado giving way on lower slope to grassy campo traversed by stream; in woods by streams.

  • Description

    Tree 5m tall; mature fruit bright red, fleshy. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 00907221

    Occurrence ID: b4e3f3ae-391a-4527-a2ef-f042ca975b00

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Goiás

  • County/Municipio

    Teresina de Goiás Mun.

  • Locality

    Chapada dos Veadeiros, 24 km by road S of Terezina

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1250 m. (4101 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -13.9298, -47.4216

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    5000

  • Georeferencing Method

    Online gazetteer. Terezina did not appear on the IBGE maps. On a modern road map (Atlas Rodoviário 2000), Terezina appears with GO 118 initially heading directly south then turning west. This is assumed to be the road described in the locality and coordinates are actually SW of Terezina.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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botanical:
New York Botanical Garden
Eugenia
DET: L. R. Landrum, 1981
PLANTS OF THE PLANALTO DO BRASIL
Collected for The New York Botanical Garden by W. R. Anderson,
M. T. Kalin Arroyo, S. R. Hill, R. Reis dos Santos, and R. Souza
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2k km by road S of Terezina; elev. ca. 1250 m;
region with cerrado giving way on lower slope
to grassy caarpo traversed by stream.
Tree 5 m tall; mature fruit bright red, fleshy;
in woods by stream.
William R. Anderson
7209
16 March 1973
field work supported in part by funds from the National Science Foundation
and conducted with the collaboration of the Unirersidade de Brasilia and the
Institute de Pesquisas e Experimenta$fio Agrricola do Norte.
00907221