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Collection Details

Species: Gurania insolita Cogn.

Cucurbitaceae Gurania insolita Cogn.
J. P. Janovec , P. Centeno 2614


Collection Date: 4 November 2001
Determined By: A. K. Neill
Determination Date: 1 January 2003
Institution: BRIT

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Locality

Continent: South America

Country: Peru

Region: Madre de Díos

Subregion: Manu Province

Closest Town: Puerto Maldonado

Locality Description: Los Amigos Biological Station, Madre de Dios River, ca. 7.0 km upriver from mouth of Río Los Amigos. Between Cocha Llena and Cocha Lobo.

Locality Site Specific: Trocha Cocha Lobo.

DD Latitude: -12.57

DD Longitude: -70.1

Elevation: 270-270 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Old growth, lowland tropical to subtropical moist forest, lower terrace, younger floodplain, some areas seasonally inundated.

Soil Description: Soil moist to wet, sandy, alluvial.

Habitat: Terrestrial , Floodplain Forest

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Liana at 8 m. Growing in dark forest understory, in canopy of Oxandra xylopioides, near Cocha Llena. Square stem.

Habit: Liana

Other Data

Research Site: Los Amigos Conservation Concession & Biological Station

Project: Los Amigos Botany