Collection Details

Species: Columnea dielsii Mansf.

Gesneriaceae Columnea dielsii Mansf.
J. L. Clark 5813


Collection Date: 31 December 2000
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2003
Institution: US

Locality

Country: Ecuador

Region: Imbabura

Subregion: Otavalo

Locality Description: Forested path to Laguna Mojanda (La via antiguo a Mojanda por el cementario).

DD Latitude: 0.1822

DD Longitude: -78.275

Min. Elevation: 3800 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Tropical montane wet forest.

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Epiphytic woody shrub. Branches erect. Leaves usually terminally clustered. Immature flowers erect. Mature flowers pendent. Bracts red; oval with an acuminate apex. Corolla yellow; tubular; ventricose on lower surface. Nectary usually a five-lobed gland; sometimes with a bilobed dorsal gland and three separate glands. Fruit not observed. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae