Couroupita subsessilis Pilg.

Filed As

Lecythidaceae
Couroupita subsessilis Pilg.
Collector(s)

G. T. Prance 16733, 23 Jul 1973
Location

Brazil. Amazonas. Rio Solimões and Rio Javari. Ilha Aramaçá, almost opposite Tabatinga.
Habitat

Abundant along flooded river banks.
Description

Tree, 30 m x 90 cm. Fruit borne on trunk near crown and woody branches; when young fruit borne on lower branches as well. Bark with shallow longitudinal fissures, gray exterior, red-brown within, 2 cm thick. Mesocarp solft & pulpy when immature, later hard & woody, fruit in hard pulp in segments. Phenology of specimen: Sterile.
Collection Notes

See fruit collection NY 728490
Identifiers

NY Barcode: 728564

Occurrence ID: d9300cc9-0739-4981-ac43-31c287168717
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Region

South America
Country

Brazil
State/Province

Amazonas
Locality

Rio Solimões and Rio Javari. Ilha Aramaçá, almost opposite Tabatinga.
Coordinates

-4.35869, -69.9008
Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

10453.6
Georeferencing Method

Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Georeferenced to the approximate geographic center of island Ilha Aramaçá in Benjamin Constant, Amazonas. Using Google Maps - Satellite View, located Ilha Aramaçá at the confluence of Rio Solimões and Rio Javari (synonymous with Rio Yavari). Used Distance Measurement Tool (Google Maps) to find the total extent of the island; halved this distance to approximate the location of the geographic center of the island. Measured the specified distance (approximately) from one extreme of the island toward the center of the island, then used Canadensys Lat/Long Crosshairs to find the coordinates of the geographic center of the island. Used linear extent (distance from the selected coordinates to the farthest extent of the island) as the uncertainty radius.
Geodetic Datum

WGS84
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