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Collector Kennedy, H.
Number 1687
Collected with Bhorai and R. Kissoon
Country Trinidad & Tobago
Subpart West Indies
County  
Locality Las Lapas road near St. Augustine.
Coordinates 10° 38' 37'' N 61° 23' 12'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 0
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 1972/09/27
End date 1972/09/27
Family Marantaceae
Identification Goeppertia sciuroides (Petersen) Borchs. & S.Suárez
Determined by F. Borchsenius
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Herb to 0.4 m; leaf green above, light green below with hint of grey; pulvinus dark olive green to purple-green; petiole and sheath green turning purplish toward base; bracts, usually 3,slightly stiffish, green above (upper 1/2) purple below; mesophyll purple, pubescent and acuminate; bicarinate prophyll purple, pubescent; ovary white; tube whitish at base, glabrous petals white to translucent; outer staminode and staminode callosum bright yellow

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