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21. Asteraceae shrub along Bladen River near BFREE. Forming large stands on sand/gravel shore. Looks like Baccharis salicifolia? |  |
22. Shrub along Chiquibul Road, Cayo. On limestone slope. Leaves alternate, strongly 3 veined, serrate and with a strongly asymmetric base. Small fruits in long pendant racemes. Very distinctive, but I don't get it. | |
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19. Low herb in savanna along Southern Highway, |  |
20. Low herb in wet pasture near Punta Gorda, Toledo district. Bacopa lacertosa?? | |
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1: Vine in tree in Spanish Lookout. Rubiaceae? |  |
4: Very small, yellow flowering herb. Fruit legume (or at least resembling one). Savanna at Spanish Lookout Near Iguana Creek Bridge | |
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18: Asteraceae treelet. 4-5 m high. Leaves large simple and alternate. Locally called "Wild Tobacco". Common in Mountain Pine Ridge and locally at Higher elevations along the Hummingbird Highway. |  |
3: Very small, yellow flowering herb. See fruits underneath the plant. Savanna at Spanish Lookout Near Iguana Creek Bridge = Oxalis frutescens. | |
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18: Asteraceae treelet. 4-5 m high. Leaves large simple and alternate. Locally called "Wild Tobacco". Common in Mountain Pine Ridge and locally at Higher elevations along the Hummingbird Highway. |  |
17: Semiaquatic herbaceous subshrub with spines in pond near Caracol, Cayo = Hibiscus bifurcatus? | |
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Serjania sp 8. Flowers and fruits. Green Hills, Cayo District. April 2006. Does not key out using Flora of Guatemala. Leaves glabrous, slightly lobed, 3-5 parted. Never 9 parted (that I have seen). |  |
17: Semiaquatic herbaceous subshrub with spines in pond near Caracol, Cayo = Hibiscus bifurcatus? | |
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Serjania sp 8. Flowers and fruits. Green Hills, Cayo District. April 2006. Does not key out using Flora of Guatemala. Leaves glabrous, slightly lobed, 3-5 parted. Never 9 parted (that I have seen). |  |
Leguminous shrub Lennea melanocarpa. Has stipes between petiolules. Fruit as in Gliricidia. Maya Ranch, Cayo District. Shrub 1 m high. | |
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10: Legume. In grassy berm near Spanish Lookout. Leaf trifoliate. Leaflets linear. |  |
Leguminous shrub Lennea melanocarpa. Has stipes between petiolules. Fruit as in Gliricidia. Maya Ranch, Cayo District. Shrub 1 m high. | |
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Shrub 11 (vine?) near Jordan, Toledo. April 2006 |  |
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Low Herb 12. Tikal, Peten. Nov. 2002 |  |
13: Low red legume herb. Quite spectacular. Red Bank, Stann Creek District. Barbiera pinnata ?? |
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Low Herb 12. (Leaf rosette) Tikal, Peten. Nov. 2002 |
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14: Eriosema crinitum?? Papilionoideae. Spanish Lookout in Savanna. April 2004. | |
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15: Weedy herb along roadside in San Antonio, Orange Walk district. Fruit viscous. Oct. 2002 = Mentzelia aspera, Loasaceaea. |  |
16: Unknown, multi-stemmed treelet 15. Distinctive basal leaflets. Lonchocarpus subsessilifolius M. Sousa ? Green Hills, Cayo District Jan. 2006 | |
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15: Weedy herb along roadside in San Antonio, Orange Walk district. Fruit viscous. Oct. 2002 = Mentzelia aspera, Loasaceaea. |  |
16: Unknown, multi-stemmed treelet 15. Distinctive basal leaflets. Lonchocarpus subsessilifolius M. Sousa ? Green Hills, Cayo District Jan. 2006 |
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2: Shrub in secondary growth with distinctive orange fruit = Citharexylum hirtellum |  |
16: Unknown, multi-stemmed treelet 15. Distinctive basal leaflets. Lonchocarpus subsessilifolius M. Sousa ? Green Hills, Cayo District. Dec. 2006 | |
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5. Malpighiaceae in swamp forest fragment near Aguacaliente, Toledo = Malpighia souzae |  |
7. Tree in forest fragment, Spanish Lookout = Drypetes lateriflora | |
Thank to: Daniel Atha, Steven Brewer, Gerrit Davidse, Tim McDowel, Paul House, Henk vd Werff, Gwilym Lewis, Bruce Holst, Gordon McPherson, Juan Jose Castillo Mont, and Jose Ledis Linares for past ID's
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