Wood and bark - Specimen details

Wood and bark - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 79222

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Plant Name 109.01 GENTIANACEAE Macrocarpaea bubops Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Wood and bark Vernacular Name
Iso Country Ecuador TDWG Region Ecuador
Parts Held Wood and bark Geography Description Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador
Uses Wood and barkUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Woods size B Related Items
Donor Institute de botanique, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland (NEU Donor No
Donor Date 01/11/2005 Donor Notes
Collector Grant JR, Struwe L, with Rosales C. Collector No 4046
Collection Notes Collection Date 16/02/2001
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: x0Dx0APLANTS OF ECUADORx0Dx0AGENTIANACEAEx0Dx0A[specimens at G, LOJA, MO (Missouri Botanic Garden), NEU (Institute of Botany, University of Neuchatel), NY (New York Botanical Gardens), QCA, QCNE, S, US (Smithsonian Institute, Washington)]x0Dx0Ax0Dx0ACollecting notes:x0Dx0AEcuado, r: Zamora-Chinchipe: Parque Nacional Podocarpus (San Francisco entrance); trail leading west from San Francisco.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0ARobust tree to 10 m tall, very branched from about 2 m above the ground. Diameter of trunk at the base is ca. 8-10cm. There is an orange bu, mp dorsally on each calyx heel; and on either side of the midrib next to the petiole, there are often 2 light orange dots, and hence the name bubops- ''owl eyes''.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AMacrocarpaea bubops (4046), M. harlinii (4048, 4049), and M. jensii (4047) grow within 2, 0 m of each other, and M. noctiluca (4062) within 100m.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AInstitut de botanique, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland (NEU)x0Dx0Aand The New York Botanical Garden, USA (NY)x0Dx0AFieldwork partially funded by the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Foundation

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