Sabicea brasiliensis Wernham

  • Filed As

    Rubiaceae
    Sabicea brasiliensis Wernham

  • Collector(s)

    E. P. Heringer 14112 with George Eiten, 20 Dec 1974

  • Location

    Brazil. Goiás. Caldas Novas Mun. At headwaters of the creek, Rio Quente, near hotel, "Pousada do Rio Quente", at foot of west slope of the Serra de Caldas (a flat-topped Batholithic dome), 13 km due WSW of city of Caldas Novas.

  • Habitat

    In creek valley carved into side of serra 400 m upstream from hotel. In belt of indisturbed "cerrado" xeromorphic open scrub on 30 ° slope of lower part of valley side (between belt of cerradão woodland further downslope and belt of cerrado low-shrub savanna & cliffs further upslope). Soil full of quartz stones derived from quartz inclusions in weathered quartzite bedrock. Fine soil brown with humus.

  • Description

    Semishrub 1m. tall, corolla white. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01067567

    Occurrence ID: 1c457a74-5b90-4712-8835-d52b71f104c5

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Goiás

  • County/Municipio

    Caldas Novas Mun.

  • Locality

    At headwaters of the creek, Rio Quente, near hotel, "Pousada do Rio Quente", at foot of west slope of the Serra de Caldas (a flat-topped Batholithic dome), 13 km due WSW of city of Caldas Novas.

  • Coordinates

    -17.8, -48.75

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UnivmWade F«darai da GoOs (UFG)
IPiero Delpiete, 2007
Flora of Brasil
STATE OP OOIiS
Sabioea
Municipio do Caldas Hovasi at headwaters of
I the creek, Rio Quentó , near hotel, "Pousada
j do Rio Quente11, at foot of west side of the
Serra de Caldas (a flat-topped batholithic
j dome), 13 km due tfSW of city of CALDAS ITOVAS.
j 1T248*S. 4&45|&	20 Dec 1974
J In creek valley carved into side of serra.
I 400 m upstream from hotel. In holt or un-
! ' disturbed 1lcerradon xercmorphic open scrub
I on 302 slope on lower part of valley side
("between belt of cerradao woodland further
j doimslope and belt of cerrado low~shrub sav-
j anna & cliffs further upslope), Soil full
of quartz stones derived from quartz inclu-'.
sions in weathered quartzite bedrock. Pine
! soil brown with humu3.
This n^i semishrub 1 m tall, corolla
white.
leg» Ezeohias P. Heringer & George Eiten,
na 14112
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