Tabernaemontana rupicola Benth.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Amazonas

• County/Municipio

  Novo Airão Mun.

• Locality

  Rio Negro, Archipelago Anavilhanas, Ilhas Tre Bocas, Lago Arapari.

• Coordinates

  -2.62927, -60.8158

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  61006.8

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Georeferenced to the geographic center of Ilha das Anavilhanas (synonmyous with Arquipélago de Anavilhanas). Used wikimapia website (http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=-2.723583&lon=-60.913696&z=9&m=b&v=8&tag=46520&search=arquip%C3%A9lago%20de%20Anavilhanas) to find the location of Arquipélago de Anavilhanas along Rio Negro in Amazonas, BR. Using Google Maps, located Arquipélago de Anavilhanas. Used distance measurement tool to measure total extent of Arquipélago de Anavilhanas; halved this extent to approximate the location of the geographic center of the area. Used Canadensys Lat/Long Crosshairs to find the coordinates of the geographic center. Used distance measurement tool (Google Maps) to find linear extent by measuring from the selected coordinates to the farthest extent of Arquipélago de Anavilhanas. Used linear extent as uncertainty radius.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Tabernaemontana rupicola Benth*
(=Anacampta rupicola (Benth.)Mgf.
(=Bonafousia rupicola (Benth,)Miers)
Det. A. J. M. Leeuwenberg, 19Herbarium Vadense (WAG)
01252500
BOTANICAL
No. 20381
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
PLANTS OF BRAZIL
Apocynaceae
Amazonas. Rio Negro, Archipelago Anavilhanas, Ilhas
Tres Bocas, Lago Arapari. Flooded island and river
margins. Plants preserved in 70% ETOH.
Shrub, 2 m above water, corolla tube pink, the lobes
white. Latex white.
S. Mori, C. Gracie, W. Capraro,
J. Mitchell, D. Russell et al.
6 June 1989
01252500