Ruellia capitata Rizzini

  • Filed As

    Acanthaceae
    Ruellia capitata Rizzini

  • Collector(s)

    E. A. Tripp 5968, 20 Aug 2016

  • Location

    Brazil. Goiás. 2.3 km N of Niquelândia on GO-535, en route to Macedo Velho, measured from traffic circle leaving town.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 04218120

    Occurrence ID: 37e2cfc9-f4b3-46fb-b4cd-fa8c67f1bc8e

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Goiás

  • Locality

    2.3 km N of Niquelândia on GO-535, en route to Macedo Velho, measured from traffic circle leaving town

  • Coordinates

    -14.4494, -48.452

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Plants of Brazil
Ruellia capitata Rizzini
Det. E. Tripp, 21 August 2016
Brazil, Goiás: 2.3 km N of Niquelándia on GO-535, en route to
Macédo Velho, measured from traffic circle leaving town. 14°
26.962'S, 48° 27.122'W. Relatively intact secondary, semi-deciduous
forest. Herb to 1.5 m, corollas scarlet (not quite red, not quite dark
pink, rather somewhere in between), inflorescences extremely
glandular-sticky, flowers visited by hummingbirds at 06:20 (dawn),
occasional on steep slopes of W side of road in this immediate a.
Erin Tripp #5968	20 August 2016
w/ Nicolás Medina
University of Colorado Herbarium (COLO)
04218120