Matelea rivularis Woodson

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Matelea rivularis Woodson

  • Collector(s)

    M. H. Nee 49496 with L. Bohs, 30 May 1998

  • Location

    Bolivia. Santa Cruz. Ichilo Prov. Parque Nacional Amboró, vic. Campamento Mataracú.

  • Habitat

    Lowland tropical evergreen forest.

  • Description

    Restricted to the bed of rocky streams and tightly adhering to rocks and boulders where often flooded, usually in tight clusters, but the plants really vines rooting at the nodes and sending up erect leafy stems. Leaves dark green above, medium green below. No flowers and very few fruits seen on almost all the plants examined, but in one place all the plants seemingly in flower, the flowers a not very conspicuous dark purplish. Fruit light green.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 309419

    Occurrence ID: 6b07a98c-2f08-4c90-9f63-c5960e2ca8bc

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Gentianales

  • Family

    Apocynaceae

  • All Determinations

    Matelea rivularis Woodson det M. H. Nee, 1998

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Bolivia

  • State/Province

    Santa Cruz

  • County/Municipio

    Ichilo Prov.

  • Locality

    Parque Nacional Amboró, vic. Campamento Mataracú.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 375 m. (1230 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -17.55, -63.87

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Bolivia, Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Ichilo: Parque
Nacional Amboro, vie. Campamento Mataracu.
17°33’S, 63°52’W. Alt. 375 m.
Lowland tropical evergreen forest.
Restricted to the bed of rocky streams and tightly adhering
to rocks and boulders where often flooded, usually in tight
clusters, but the plants really vines rooting at the nodes and
sending up erect leafy stems. Leaves dark green above,
medium green below. No flowers and very few fruits seen
on almost all the plants examined, but in one place all the
plants seemingly in flower, the flowers a not very
conspicuous dark purplish. Fruit light green.
N£W YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
00309419
M. Nee & L. Bohs
30 May 1998
Supported by the Fulbright Foundation
The New York Botanical Garden
No. 49496
Matelea rivularis Woodson
det. M. Nee, 1998
Asclepiadaceae
00309419