Collection Details

Species: Corytoplectus congestus (Linden ex Hanst.) Wiehler

Gesneriaceae Corytoplectus congestus (Linden ex Hanst.) Wiehler
J. L. Clark , S. Yustiz 6868


Collection Date: 15 October 2002
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2001
Institution: US

Locality

Country: Venezuela

Region: Mérida

Subregion: Justo Briseño

Locality Description: Quebrado El Molino (near Las Cuadras).

DD Latitude: 9

DD Longitude: -70.9333

Elevation: 1700-1850 m

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Terrestrial herb. Adaxial leaf surface variegated; abaxial leaf surface reddish-green. Bracts red. Calyx lobes red. Corolla orange; apically pouched on ventral surface. Fruit a translucent black berry. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US)

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae