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BM000793465

Classification
Scientific name: Caricaceae Dumort.
Author: Dumort.
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Order: Brassicales
Family: Caricaceae
Higher classification: Magnoliophyta; Brassicales; Caricaceae
Location
Country: Panama
Continent: North America
Higher geography: North America; Panama
Decimal latitude: 8.507188
Decimal longitude: -80.102665
Verbatim latitude: 08 30 25.88 N
Verbatim longitude: 080 06 09.59 W
Coordinate uncertainty: 650m
Minimum elevation(m): 980.00
Collection event
Recorded by: A.K. Monro & S. Cafferty
Record number: 4678
Habitat: semi-evergreen forest, evidence of localised storm damage, canopy dominated by Lauraceae and Ficus, canopy 25-30 m, dbhs 25-60 cm, surrounding ridges with Cedrela and Vochysia present
Collection date: 18 / 3 / 2005
Identification
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Caricaceae Dumort. Yes
Specimen
Catalogue number: BM000793465
Collection code: BOT ( Botany)
Sub department: Gen Herb
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:4606758
Collection kind: Sheet
Botany
Plant description: small, to 4 m, dbh 2 cm, young stems releasing white latex when cut; petals with very pale green outer surface and white inner surface, ovary green, glossy, stigmae white; flower faintly fragrant, maroon in bud
Record
Occurrence ID: 51b54cbb-3679-4351-8d3f-8844916d78c6
Modified: 2023-05-03T17:02:26+00:00
Created: 2007-09-27T12:44:42+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-09-27T12:44:42+00:00
Last updated 2023-05-03T17:02:26+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb