DES
Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium Collection
Catalog #:
DES00038396
Taxon:
Ruellia floribunda Hook.
Family: Acanthaceae
Family: Acanthaceae
Determiner: Nancy Hensold
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Collector:
Wendy C. Hodgson 8030
Date: 04 March 1994
Additional Collectors:
Ted Anderson, Joe McAuliffe, K & Fred Datterman, Camilo Diaz, C. Ostolaza, Guido Lombardi
Locality:
Peru, Lima, In the Chillon Valley 11 km east of Yangas or 3 km east of Santa Rosa de Quives.
-11.66717 -76.7794
Verbatim Coordinates:
11d 40m 1.8s S; 76d 46m 45.8s W
Elevation:
1320 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
4330ft.
Habitat:
Heavily grazed slopes, primarily by goats, dominated by cacti (50-75%) withonly two common woody perennials.
Associated Species:
Orthopterygium huaveni, Cnidoscolus, Melocactus peruvianus, Neoraimondia arequipensis, Haageocereus multangularis, Espostoa melanostele, Opuntia sphaerica and O. pachypus.
Description:
Occasional woody shrub in and along drainage.
Notes:
Ortopterygium huaveni and Cnidoscolus do not appear to be touched by goats.
For additional information on this specimen, please contact:
Wendy C. Hodgson (whodgson@dbg.org)
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