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Vellozia squamata - Leaf and Flower - Click to enlarge!

Leaf and Flower; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 4/2005 © Sonja Germer

Vellozia squamata - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 4/2005 © Sonja Germer

Vellozia squamata - Flower and Leaves - Click to enlarge!

Flower and Leaves; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 4/2005 © Sonja Germer

Vellozia squamata - Flower and leaves - Click to enlarge!

Flower and leaves; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Vellozia squamata - Fruit - Click to enlarge!

Fruit; Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil; 5/2014 © Sonja Germer

Vellozia squamata - Fruit with hypanthium partly removed - Click to enlarge!

Fruit with hypanthium partly removed; Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil; 5/2014 © Sonja Germer

Vellozia squamata - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil; 5/2014 © Sonja Germer

Vellozia squamata - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 4/2005 © Sonja Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 78
Date of entry: 10.06.2005
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

Portugues: Canela-de-ema

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Liliales (106)

        Family: Velloziaceae (1)(family description)

          Genus: Vellozia (1)

            Epithet: squamata Pohl (2)

squamata => scaly

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub, tree

Flower colour: purple, yellow

External links

Check for Vellozia squamata at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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