Editing Leopoldinia pulchra

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[[File:Leopoldinia_pulchra.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''L. pulchra'' in habitat, Rio Negro.]]
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Rio Negro means black river. It is a
mighty river even before it merges with
Rio Solimores near Manaus and becomes
the Amazon River. Most of the area that
the Rio Negro drains is devoid of soil and
the lush vegetation grows entirely on
decayed plant matter. Minute particles of
this compost is what gives the water its
black and inky colour.

For hundreds of kilometres up river, the
Rio Negro has more the appearance of a
huge lake than a river. There is no
apparent flowing of the water; the shore
resembles a beach at low tide and the other side
of the river disappears well beyond the
curvature of the earth.

The steep embankment is lined with rampant
vegetation and many species of ''Astrocaryum'',
''Bactris'' and ''Euterpe'' can be
found. At the waters edge the prominent
species are ''Mauritia flexuosa'' and
''Leopoldinia pulchra''.

The shores of the Rio Negro change with
the seasons when, during the drier part of
the year, the sandy beach may extend for
hundreds of metres in some places: and it
is in this area that ''L. pulchra'' grows.
During the wet season, which can last for
about three months, the beach in places
completely disappears and the water hugs
the embankment. The palms just go under
water for this period with some of the
younger ones entirely submerged. The
mature 3 - 5 metre tall palms may just
have their crown sticking out of the
water.
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===Contributed by: ===
Rolf Kyburz, (Text)<br/>
Don Kittelson (Figure 1)<br/>


===External Links:===
[https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Leopoldinia%20pulchra Kew], 
[https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/bc6dfffd-ad5a-4e20-b59e-c6acec0d501c PalmWeb],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Leopoldinia+pulchra JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Leopoldinia+pulchra Trebrown]
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[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Leopoldinia+pulchra%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Leopoldinia+pulchra%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Leopoldinia+pulchra Flickr],
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Leopoldinia+pulchra%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&amp;sa=Google+Search PalmTalk]
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