Oxypetalum capitatum Mart.

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Oxypetalum ? capitatum Mart.

  • Collector(s)

    D. C. Daly 6284 with et al, 21 Nov 1989

  • Location

    Bolivia. Santa Cruz. Chiquitos Prov. Serrania de Santiago, near Santiago de Chiquitos. 5 km ENE of Santiago.

  • Habitat

    Mostly open vegetation on steep slope, with many suffrutices, some trailing vines, and occasional patches of low-branching, gnarled trees to 8m tall. Rare.

  • Description

    Erect suffrutex, to 25cm, flowers oriented horizontally or downward, calyx brownish-green, corolla cream without, white within, staminodes white.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1187581

    Occurrence ID: d72f7f83-63af-4120-9de4-36a01bdab640

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Gentianales

  • Family

    Apocynaceae

  • All Determinations

    Oxypetalum capitatum Mart., ?, det D. J. Goyder, 2009

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Bolivia

  • State/Province

    Santa Cruz

  • County/Municipio

    Chiquitos Prov.

  • Locality

    Serrania de Santiago, near Santiago de Chiquitos. 5 km ENE of Santiago

  • Elevation

    Alt. 700 - 900 m. (2297 - 2953 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -18.32, -59.58

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vii.
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
PLANTS OF BOLIVIA
Dpto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Chiquitos
No. 6284	Asclepiadaceae
Oxy |
¿US''
Serrania de Santiago, near Santiago de Chiquitos. 5
km ENE of Santiago. @ 18°19'S, 59°35'W, elev. @
700-900m. Mostly open vegetation on steep slope, with
many suffrutices, some trailing vines, and occasional
patches of low-branching, gnarled trees to 8m tall.
Erect suffrutex, to 25cm, flowers oriented hori-
zontally or downward, calyx brownish-green, corolla
cream without, white within, staminodes white. Rare.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL.GARDEN
01187581
D. C. DALY, M. Nee, M. Saldia,
I. Hinojosa, M. Villegas
21 Nov., 1989
Field work supported by the Charles A. Lindbergh Fund
01187581