Gynerium sagittatum (Aubl.) P.Beauv.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Goiás

• County/Municipio

  Cocalzinho de Goiás Mun.

• Locality

  70 km N. of Corumbá de Goiás on road to Niquelândia, valley of Rio Maranhão. Serra dos Pirineus.

• Elevation

  Alt. 700 m. (2297 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -15.35, -48.63

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  10000

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Gynérium sagtttatum (Aubl.) P. Beauv.
Det. Risto Kalliola in AAU, November 1990
(the identification of the type« ia moel reliible in the field, u many
drawn from the overall habit oi the plant«):
0Jbig &*? with tall (up 1014 m), «oit. nkwMol» rood in trrctian. and with 1««
2. WIty,,' wid>sboiter(< 10 m). mon «lender and frequently branching calm« which an
oval in tnmecdoa near the aiimmit, with a patch of trichooei on the ihealh below the leaf-
blade, and with rigid, often cauleacent leaf-blade«.
S£E FRUIT* ÇOLtiE ZV. '
No.18918
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of the Plnnalto do Brasil
Serra dos Pirineus
QyBft^.I“g30â«s?rièfÎ^9
Beauv
Culms ca® 6«8m tall, leafiest and in age
branching at mid-height. Inflorescence
ca. 2m long. Occasionally flooded river
plain. 70km 1* of Corumba de Goias on
road to Niquelandia, Goias in valley of
Rio Maranhao, Gallery forest and adjacent
cerrado, ca. 700 m. elevation*
H. S. Irv/in, H. Maxwell,
D. C. Wasshausen
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
20 January 1968
Fiold v/ork conducted with the collaboration of_ the Universidade de Brasilia,
Institute Agrooomico do Norte, and the Ministerio da Agricultura. Supported in
part I:<y funds ii-om the Natioisal Science Foundation.
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