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Pilea matama leaves.
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Juan Francisco Morales.
INBio
Flores de Stemmadenia obovata.
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Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad - INBio, Costa Rica.
INBio
Ramas y flor de Arrabidaea costaricensis.Fotografía: Francisco Morales.
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Espécimen de herbario con frutos de Prunus cornifolia. Escaneo: Armando Soto.
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Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad - INBio, Costa Rica.
INBio
Pseudelephantopus spiralis. Foto: Alexander Rodríguez.
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Universidade Estadual de CAMPINAS
IABIN
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Solanum sinaicum 1Location: St. katherine 2002
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Frutos maduros mostrando semillas y arilos de Stemmadenia donnell-smithii.
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Espécimen de herbario con flores de Prunus cornifolia. Escaneo: Armando Soto.
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Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad - INBio, Costa Rica.
INBio
Pseudelephantopus spiralis. Foto: Alexander Rodríguez.
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tamarix nilotica 1Location: Wadi Gimal Hamata 2003
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in habitat on roadcut in volcanic rhyolite tuff at upper canyon rim. Original ID as a rayless P. gentry, later confirmed as P. batopilensis by AM Powell. This site on the old gravel switchback road has now been destroyed by a new paved highway to Batopilas that also greatly limits access to many former rich roadside collecting sites in the canyon.
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wet,shaded crevice along edge of small creek crossing exposed volcanic tuff bedrock. SYN: Mimulus cardinalis v. verbenaceus. ID per Nesom, 2014. NOTE: Foliage viscid-villous, leaves clasping, serrate.
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scrub in moderate sloping cleft bottom draining steep narrow canyon cut in deeply eroded escarpment of volcanic tuff forming continental divide. Massive rock hodoos (the Monks) makes this area incredibly scenic in addition to richly diverse botanically.
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north face slope, moist volcanic soil
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Slo.: Koroka črnikasta homulica - Habitat: Stony upland grassland, roadside of an alpine road, sandy ground, open place, full sun, exposed to precipitations, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 1-3 deg C, elevation 1.900 m (6.250 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: sandy soil, among mosses. - Comment: This is an interesting endemic plant known in the Alps with certainty only from south Austria (South Tirol, Krnten) and Slovenian Alps. Its exact taxonomy and distribution is still to be researched (Ref.:(1)). In Austria it is considered quite rare. Outside the Alps it grows also in parts of Balkan Peninsula. Its whitish petals and more yellow-green appearance of the whole plant distinguish it from more common and almost entirely reddish 'sister' Sedum atratum. ssp. atratum. However, many times plants found are somewhere in between and it is hard to decide to which subspecies they belong. - Ref.: (1) M.A.Fischer, W.Adler, K.Oswald, Exkursionsflora Oesterreich Liechtenstein, Suedtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 400. (2) A.Martinčič et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnična Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 237.
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Slo.: pahljaastolistna plahtica, pahljaastolistni rosnik - Habitat: High mountain pasture, moderately inclined, slightly south west oriented, slope, calcareous ground, full sun, dry place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 0-2 deg C, elevation 2.000 m (6.550 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil among stones and rocks. - Comment: There are many species of the genus Alchemillaand they are difficult to be determined. Frankly, this is possible with certainty only to specialists. See details in the comments to my pictures of Alchemilla glaucescens (here on Flicker). I've mostly based my determination on excellent picture and description in the Ref.:(1). I hope it is correct but I can't guarantee. - Most plants in the genus Alchemilla are, in spite of small, modestly colored and unremarkable flowers very beautiful particularly after light rain or in dense morning fog. Their hairy leaves abundantly collect small droplets of dew, giving them silvery appearance. The translation of Slovenian name 'rosnik' means 'dew-flower' and also German name 'Silbermantel', meaning 'Silver coat', points to their silvery costume jewelry. - Alchemilla flabelata is common in this region of Mangart's flats. Otherwise the plant grows scattered almost in the whole of South Alps. It can be found also on north side of the Alps (Ref.:(2)), but it is much rarer there. - Ref.: (1) T. Wraber, 2 x Sto alpskih rastlin na Slovenskem (2 x Hundred Alpine Plants of Slovenia), Preernova druba (2006) (in Slovene), p 87. (2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora sterreich Liechtenstein, Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 502. (3) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007) (in Slovene), p 260.