Faramea nitida Benth.

  • Filed As

    Rubiaceae
    Faramea nitida Benth.

  • Collector(s)

    W. R. Anderson 6634 with M. T. Kalin Arroyo, S. R. Hill, R. Reis dos Santos, and R. Souza, 08 Mar 1973

  • Location

    Brazil. Goiás. Alto Paraíso de Goiás Mun. Chapada dos Veadeiros, ca. 16-17 km by road N of Alto Paraíso.

  • Habitat

    wet sand by stream; region of grassy cerrado with "Mimosa" trees, sloping down to cerrado among blocky sandstone.

  • Description

    Shrub 2m tall; corolla blue; fruit green, maturing blue-black. Phenology of specimen: Fertile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1005068

    Occurrence ID: 37f5c63f-cbf7-46c1-894f-89421247a62a

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Gentianales

  • Family

    Rubiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Faramea nitida Benth. det J. H. Kirkbride Jr., 1976
    Note: ! C.M. Taylor, 2004

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Goiás

  • County/Municipio

    Alto Paraíso de Goiás Mun.

  • Locality

    Chapada dos Veadeiros, ca. 16-17 km by road N of Alto Paraíso

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1600 m. (5249 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -14.0122, -47.4118

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    5000

  • Georeferencing Method

    Online gazetteer. Locality info says "ca. 16-17 km E...", but road heads NE. Coordinates calculated for a point 16.5 km NE..

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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Rubi aceae
Faramea nitida Benth.
Det. C.M. Taylor 2004
Missouri Botanical Garden Herbarium (MO)
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PLANTS OF THE PLANALTO DO BRASIL
Collected for The New York Botanical Garden by W. R. Anderson
M. T. Kalin Arroyo, S. R. Hill, R. Reis dos Santos, and R. Souza
Estado de Goiás
Chapada dos Veadeiros
Faramea nitida Benth,
det. J.Kirkbride, 1976
Shrub 2m tall; corolla blue; fruit green,
maturing blue-black; wet sand by stream.
Chapada dos Veadeiros, 16-17 km bvy road
N of Alto Paraiso; elev. ca. 1600m; region
of grassy cerrado with Mimosa trees, sloping
down to ©errado among blocky sandstone.
William R. Anderson	8 March 1973
Field work supported in part by funds from the National Science Foundation
and conducted with the collaboration of the Universidade de Brasilia and the
Institute de Peequisas e Experimentacao Agricola do Norte.
01005068