Calathea

  • Filed As

    Marantaceae
    Calathea

  • Collector(s)

    D. C. Daly 11449 with R. Callejas, D. P. Gomes Silva, R. Saraiva, E. C. Oliveira, A. J. B. Santos, 19 Mar 2002

  • Location

    Brazil. Acre. Manoel Urbano Mun. Rio Chandless (tributary of Rio Purus), right bank, "Canamari.".

  • Habitat

    "Baixo" (low terraces possibly flooded occasionally by overflowing streams, with semi-closed canopy including Hura, Moraceae, trunked palms, Sterculia, Eschweilera; understory with Marantaceae and Araceae); and surrounding slopes (with Averrhoidium, Couroupita, Moraceae, Annonaceae, Pouteria).

  • Description

    terrestrial herb. Terrestrial herb, leaf upper surface variegated green and pale green, underside rose and whitish rose, inflorescence bracts dark green, flowers white except perianth tinged with blue distally. On forested slope. above "baixo." Photo. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Specimen Notes

    photo

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 709436

    Occurrence ID: b3bd210c-6afb-4b28-b9b7-506b313ae032

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Zingiberales

  • Family

    Marantaceae

  • All Determinations

    Calathea det X. Cornejo, 2010

    Marantaceae

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Acre

  • County/Municipio

    Manoel Urbano Mun.

  • Locality

    Rio Chandless (tributary of Rio Purus), right bank, "Canamari."

  • Coordinates

    -9.3833, -69.9447

  • Distribution

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    No botanical uses.

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Flora of Acre, Brazil
The New York Botanical Garden
Universidade Federal do Acre
No. 11449
Marantaceae
(ALATttEA
BOTANICAL
®ARDE**
BOTANICAL GARDEN
00709436
Brazil. Acre. Mun. Manoel Urbano: Rio Chandless
(tributary of Rio Purus), right bank, "Canamari." ca.
9°23’0.6"S, ca. 69°56’41.7"W. "Baixo" (low terraces
possibly flooded occasionally by overflowing streams, with
semi-closed canopy including Hura, Moraceae, trunked
palms, Sterculia, Eschweilera\ understory with
Marantaceae and Araceae); and surrounding slopes (with
Averrhoidium, Couroupita, Moraceae, Annonaceae,
Pouteria).
Terrestrial herb, leaf upper surface variegated green and
pale green, underside rose and whitish rose, inflorescence
bracts dark green, flowers white except perianth tinged
with blue distally. On forested slope, above "baixo."
Photo.
D.	C. Daly, R. Callejas, D. P. Gomes Silva, R. Saraiva,
E.	C. Oliveira & A. J. B. Santos	19 Mar 2002
00709436