Taxon: Melochia speciosa S.Watson
Family: Sterculiaceae

Collector: S. Friedman   140-95   

Date: 19 January 1995

Locality: Mexico, Sonora, Coastal Rio Mayo Region Thornscrub; Las Bocas Road vicinity 9.8 km west of Mexico 15 on Las Bocas Rd.; 0.5 km north of Las Bocas Rd; 37 km (by air)southeast Huatabampo, 5.6 km east of Las Bocas. N29 48 850m E6 66 800m

26.65278  -109.325

Verbatim Coordinates: 26d 39m 10s N, 109d 19m 30s W

Elevation: 20 meters (66ft)

Habitat: Coastal Rio Mayo Region Thornscrub

Associated Species: Stenocereus thurberi, Randia thurberi, Prosopis glandulosa, Phaulothamnus spinescens

Description: Common subshrub; flowers violet-fuchsia.

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For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Leslie Landrum (les.landrum@asu.edu)

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