Leaf and Flower; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 4/2005 © Sonja Germer
Flower; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 4/2005 © Sonja Germer
Flower and Leaves; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 4/2005 © Sonja Germer
Flower and leaves; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Fruit; Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil; 5/2014 © Sonja Germer
Fruit with hypanthium partly removed; Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil; 5/2014 © Sonja Germer
Habit; Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil; 5/2014 © Sonja Germer
Habit; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 4/2005 © Sonja Germer
Identifier: 78 Date of entry: 10.06.2005 Last update: 11.01.2020
Portugues: Canela-de-ema
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Liliales (111)
Family: Velloziaceae (1)(family description)
Genus: Vellozia (1)
Epithet: squamata Pohl (3)
squamata => scaly
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub, tree
Flower colour: purple, yellow
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