Collection Details
Species: Monopyle macrocarpa
Collection Date: 2 February 2001
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2001
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Cañar
Locality Description: Bosque Protector Molleturo Mullopungo. Forest near village of Manta Real. Note: Provincially, Manta Real is locally reported as belonging in "Zona no limitada," provincia de Azuay, or provincia de Cañar.
DD Latitude: -2.55
DD Longitude: -79.35
Min. Elevation: 250 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Tropical wet forest.
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Scandent terrestrial herb. Flowering branches usually erect with arching apices. Stems swollen at internodes and constricted at nodes. Abaxial leaf surface red. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Calyx lobes red. Corolla campanulate; mostly white with purple lobes. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae