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Eastern Guianan Coastal Rocky Shore & Beach Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Eastern Guianan Coastal Rocky Shore & Beach Macrogroup
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: Mainly herbaceous vegetation scattered on beaches and evergreen shrubs that settle in permanent sandbars behind the strand or beach in the coasts of Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana and Surinam. Species diagnostic for this macrogroup are <i>Ipomoea pes-caprae, Ipomoea imperati (= Ipomoea stolonifera), Canavalia rosea (= Canavalia maritima), Vigna luteola, Fimbristylis cymosa (= Fimbristylis spathacea), Sesuvium portulacastrum, Crotalaria retusa, Thespesia populnea, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Conocarpus erectus, Randia formosa, Phyllanthus attenuatus</i>, and <i>Acacia nilotica (= Acacia arabica)</i>. The macrogroup also includes scattered vegetation that grows on soils accumulated on rocky coasts or cliffs which are subjected to saline winds and xerophilous conditions due to the very shallow soils. Species that grow in this condition are <i>Talinum paniculatum, Ludwigia octovalvis, Philodendron acutatum, Cydista aequinoctialis, Omphalea diandra, Furcraea foetida, Coussapoa asperifolia, Ficus amazonica, Spondias mombin</i>, and <i>Alstroemeria aurea (= Acrocomia lasiospatha)</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40940-{4817C6A5-2E86-44A5-B0C2-C3B54730657F}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Apr-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.885017 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: M701
  Scientific: Eastern Guianan Coastal Rocky Shore & Beach Macrogroup