Croton piluliferus Rusby

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Florida Prov.

• Locality

  8 km (by air) NE of Samaipata, 2 km (by road) NNE from Achiras Camping resort, on steep gravel road to Banegas and Barrientos

• Elevation

  Alt. 1500 m. (4921 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -18.13, -63.82

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Florida, 8 km (by air) NE of
Samaipata, 2 km (by road) NNE from Achiras Camping
resort, on steep gravel road to Banegas and Barrientos.
Former dry forest, now fields, pastures on slope, scrubby,
with Baccharis dracunculifolia, Dodonaea viscosa, Mauria
thaumatophylla, Terminalia triflora, Myroxylon balsamum,
Myracrudruon urundewa.
18°08’S, 63°49’W. alt. 1500 m.
Small tree with umbrella crown, 6 m. tall. Inflorescences
erect, all with some to many fully opened male flowers,
these light yellow, nearly odorless, visited by honeybees
(8:30 A.M., heavy overcast).
Coll.: M. Nee 50442
3 Nov. 1999
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