Ulf MehligApr 20, 2025
Many climbing Aroids can be easily taken into cultivation by making a stem cutting. We do that sometimes when finding sterile specimens during floristic surveys, and make herbarium vouchers later when the inflorescences appear. However, one has to be patient ... This Syngonium from the inundated forest along the Caeté river in the coastal Amazon region was collected in 2018 and started flowering now.
#BragancaPA #herbarium #HBRA #Amazonas #Araceae #Syngonium #floodedForest
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Ulf MehligSep 15, 2024

Just coming back from the INCT Herbário Virtual da Flora e dos Fungos meeting in Recife. This INCT (National Science and Technology Institute) unites Brazilian and international herbaria+fungi collections collaborating over many years on the creation of a virtual herbarium open to the public. Amazing integration of the many regional, small to medium sized herbaria in the country!

https://specieslink.net/search

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Ulf MehligOct 29, 2023
Another plant of the Amazon coast seasonal freshwater wetlands: Sagittaria rhombifolia Cham. Its long, narrow leaves can be easily mistaken for those of a sedge from a distance, but the white, showy flowers clearly indicate that it is not. I collected this plant for our herbarium – there are two older records (1955, 1977) from the same region in other collections, and I'm glad that the plants are still thriving here.
#Amazonas #Alismataceae #botany #herbarium #HBRA #BragançaPA #wetlands
Ulf MehligOct 15, 2023
The aquatic plant Bacopa reflexa (Benth.) Edwall (Plantaginaceae) is sometimes considered the only species of genus Benjaminia, due to its submerse, finely divided leaves and calyx characteristics. In our region of the Amazon coast it had already had been collected almost 70 years ago, and we were able to confirm that it is still around in ponds and flooded seasonal marshland near Bragança-Pará.
#Plantaginaceae #aquaticPlants #marshland #Amazonas #botany #flower #herbarium #HBRA #BragancaPA
Ulf MehligJun 30, 2023
The neotropical genus Cecropia generally features pioneer tree species (photos: C. palmata Willd.). In regions where most of the natural vegetation has been removed, like in the coastal region south of the Amazon mouth, they are ubiquitous. Most species of the genus are myrmecophytic, with ant colonies in their hollow stem centers and ant-nurturing patches at the petiole bases. I collected flowering material from this tree for #HBRA.
#Urticaceae #Amazonas #ants #deforestation #herbarium #botany
Ulf MehligJun 3, 2023
Myrtaceae in the Amazon region are often difficult to identify to species. This small tree from the dune forests of the Amazon coast is possibly Eugenia protenta McVaugh. Quite important to document these collections in herbaria … If you'd like to have a look, our collection (HBRA) publishes data and photos of herbarium sheets on platforms like SpeciesLink : https://specieslink.net/search/
#Amazonas #forest #Myrtaceae #dunes #herbarium #HBRA #speciesLink #UFPA #IECOS
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Ulf MehligMar 18, 2023
From today's canoe trip through the inundated forests of the Caeté river floodplain -- this liana is actually a gymnosperm (should be Gnetum venosum Spruce ex Benth.). We collected this specimen for our herbarium at the University of Pará (UFPA) in Bragança (HBRA).
#Amazonas #Caeté #BragançaPA #Gnetaceae #lianas #wetlands #floodplain #forests #herbarium #HBRA #UFPA