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| Type of: | Grias theobromicarpa Cornejo & S.A.Mori |
| Collector | Cornejo, X. |
| Number | 8083 |
| Collected with | |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | Pichincha |
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| Locality | Sr. Romero private property adjacent to Santa Lucia Reserve, along the trail from Maquipucuna Biological Reserve. Secondary wet forest. Sympatric with gustavia dodsonii (Lecythidaceae) and Panopsis megistosperma (Proteaceae) |
| Coordinates | 0° 7' 17.58'' N 78° 37' 4.08'' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 1505 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 1505 |
| Start date | 2009/01/18 |
| End date | 2009/01/18 |
| Family | Lecythidaceae |
| Identification | Grias theobromicarpa Cornejo & S.A.Mori |
| Determined by | X.Cornejo & S.A. Mori |
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| Field notes | Unbranched or 2-branched tree, 8 m tall, 9 cm dbh. Flowers and fruits cauline, sessile to subsessile. Calyx green; corolla pinkish-white in bud, pearl-white, the petals erect and adaxially concave until post anthesis, cleistogamus?; stamens 2/3 basally fused. Fruits prominently ribbed when fresh, green and brown variegated, 1-seeded. Leaf blades to ca 150 x 40 cm, with sunken dots beneath, ca 46 pairs of lateral nerves. Litter trapper species. Infrequent. Sample for DNA studies |
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