Chara hydropitys Reichenbach

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• Locality

  35 km south of Loreto

• Coordinates

  -7.38386, -45.1281

• Georeferencing Method

  Estimated using locality data.

• Location Notes

  Open to sun in dammed pond at Samaiba, at water's edge. Ca. 3 km. E of main house of Fazenda "Morros".

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

tens: meters from nos# 3587, 4589 & 4503’ Municipio de:
loretotllha de Balsas” region, between the Rios Balsas and
Parnaiba. Ca. 3 km E of main house of Fazenda ’•Morros"'
about 35 km S of Loreto. (HDW) det.M.Choudhary March
4,1965 and R.D.Wood April 7,1966«

FLORA OF BRAZIL
STATE OF MARANHÀO

Chars

Municipio de Loreto: “Ilha de Balsas” region, between the Rios
Balsas and Parnaiba. Ca ? 3 km E of main house of Fazenda
“Morros”, about 35 km. south of LORÉTO. Alt. ca. 300 m.
ca. 7°23 ’S., 45° 2 ’W. Dammed pond at "Sambaiba",

Main vegetation types of region: (1) “chapada”, a semi-closed tree woodland (or
“cerradao”) on flat tops & steep sides of plateaus, bh otoep hilly land, and on
some areas of rolling or flat dry land; (2) “tabuleiro”, a semi-closed woodland,
or “cerrad&o”, of different physiognomy & species composition, on tops of hilly
or gently rolling land; (3) “mata”, a closed tropical forest of many tree species,
usually with palms, in flat stream valleys and in or alongside of brook ravines &
courses; (4) “caatinga”, a semi-open forest of few forest tree species on low
moist flat land and in narrow valleys between “tabuleiro”-covered hills; (5) “var-
jao”, low moist flat land with scattered forest trees of one or a few species;
(6) “cocal”, thick groves of babacu palm on flat river plain of Bio Parnaiba and
some of its tributary streams./vf&liuvegetation. types completely deciduous during
dry season. All brooks intermittent?. Annual ground fires and cattle grazing in
all areas. Part of “tabuleiro” cut over, forming treeless grassy areas; most
“mata” and much "caatinga” & "varj&o” cultivated or abandoned, forming dense
secondary vegetation of low trees & tall shrubs (“capoeira”); some areas of
"chapada” with dense secondary vegetation ("carrasco”). Upland soils grayish
tan, or light reddish brown silt or silty clay, very stony on slopes; lowland soils
mostly reddish brown to black silt loam, silty clay loam or clay loam, without
stones. Country rock horizontal light brown sandstone, exposed only on tops
of morros and on cliffs along the Rio Parnaiba.

This habitat: in water at pond’s edge by earthen dam.
Open to sun. A few tens of meters from nos. ¿587,
4589 & 4593.

22 May 1962

leg. George Eiten and Liene T. Eiten, no. A 634.

Distributed by the Instituto de Botànica, Sao Paulo

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN

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RICHARD D. WOOD HERBARIUM
DEPOSITED 1978
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THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN

The New York Botanical Garden
Fragment removed tor UNA analysis.

ANNOTATION
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UDHARY & R. D. WO

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ACC.: A MONOGRAPH OF THE CHARACEAE,. WOOD, 1565 (1959).

DET. M. CHOUDHÀRY & R. D. WOOD 'Jyi.ohfA .R. i9 ¿57

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CHARACEAE
Herbarium of R. D. Wood

University of Rhode Island

No..4634.....Ghara fibrosa Ag.ex Brux var. hydropitys

Open to sun in dammed pond at Samaiba, at
water's edge. Ca. 3 km, E of main house of

Fazenda
Brazil.

’Morros” ca. 35km S of Loreto,

Coll.: George Eiten £• Liene
.Choudhary

Det. : Id___

R. D.Wood

' .Eiten

.May./..££../i9...62.

Mar.ch./...4...../19 ..65..

April/7 /1966