Oxypetalum urbanianum Silveira

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Oxypetalum urbanianum Silveira

  • Collector(s)

    G. Eiten 6554 with L. T. Eiten, 03 Nov 1965

  • Location

    Brazil. Rio de Janeiro. Resende Mun. Mt. Itatiáia. In valley leading to "Pedra do Altar", 1/2-1 km N of shelter house.

  • Habitat

    Planalto [See label for further habitat description.].

  • Description

    Low shrub with creeping stems on valley slope. Petals light green. Phenology of specimen: Fertile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01081474

    Occurrence ID: 02239250-1b64-4d0b-b69a-7ac707dea599

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Rio de Janeiro

  • County/Municipio

    Resende Mun.

  • Locality

    Mt. Itatiáia. In valley leading to "Pedra do Altar", 1/2-1 km N of shelter house.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2350 - 2450 m. (7710 - 8038 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -22.425, -44.692

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Determined by W. D. Stevens, 200S’
Missouri Botanical Garden (MO)
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Determined by D. L. Spellman
Missouri Botanical Garden (ty?
Flora of Brazil
STATS OF RIO DE JANEIRO
Municfpio da Resends
Kt. Itatlala, planalto. 22°25-26'3. Ufl41-42'W.
Alt* 2350-24.50 m. In valley leading to "Fadrs do
Altar", 1/2-1 km N of shelter house*
3 Nov 1965
(The planalto is a steep hilly terrain, many hills
topped with mountainous outcrops of bare sienite
quartz* Hillsides with frequent rounded outcropping
quartz rocks & boulders, and a thin, black, almost
pure humus soil supporting a periodically-burned
natural tussock sedge-grassland with scattered low
Chusquea bamboo & occasionally other shrubs* Lover
valley sides often with dense Chusauea brakes*, or
brooks lined with a marsh of Cladium in tussocks
or vlth "trunks11 of massed rhizomes»)
This n*t low shrub with creeping stems on vail«/
slops* Petals light green*
lag. George Bitan A Lima T. Elten, »• 6554
01081474