Lecythis pisonis Cambess.

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• Summary
• Determinations
• Location
• OCR Text

• Filed As

  Lecythidaceae
  Lecythis pisonis Cambess.

• Collector(s)

  S. A. Mori 27295 with Y.-Y. Huang, 03 Sep 2008

• Location

  Brazil. Amazonas. Parana do Xiborena, across from Manaus.

• Habitat

  Cultivated in yard of home for the edible seeds. Other trees have grown spontaneously, presumably from seeds produced by this tree.

• Description

  Tree, 20 m x 200 cm. Branched near base. Bark brown, the fissures not clearly aligned vertically but instead are more reticulate, the outer bark laminated. Calyx green, pedicel green, both glabrous; petals purple except white at base, the hood purple, the hood appendages with yellow at apices. Old flowers bleech white. Phenology of specimen: flower.

• Notes (shown on label)

  Voucher for DNA collection from leaves. Arils eaten by bats.

• Identifiers

  NY Barcode: 00689730

  Occurrence ID: 20da964a-2c3f-44f1-8012-02e20369eeaf

• Laboratory Collections

  DNA Aliquots, 01287673, S. A. Mori 27295, Lecythis pisonis Cambess. - Accepted : Lecythidaceae (245.0) : : : Magnoliophyta;

  Tissue Samples, 01277335, S. A. Mori 27295, Lecythis pisonis Cambess. - Accepted : Lecythidaceae (245.0) : : : Magnoliophyta;

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• Kingdom

  Plantae

• Division

  Magnoliophyta

• Order

  Ericales

• Family

  Lecythidaceae

• All Determinations

  Lecythis pisonis Cambess. det S. A. Mori, 03 Sep 2008

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Amazonas

• Locality

  Parana do Xiborena, across from Manaus.

• Coordinates

  -3.18928, -59.9415

• Georeferencing Method

  GPS.

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