Collection Details
Species: Drymonia coriacea (Oerst. ex Hanst.) Wiehler
Collection Date: 22 May 2002
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2001
Institution: US
Locality
Country: United States of America
Locality Description: Smithsonian Botany Greenhouse accession 99-212. Source: seeds received September 1999 from Jim West (Reserva Río Guaycuyacu, Pichincha, Ecuador). Probably collected inside or near the Reserva Río Guaycuyacu.
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Stems erect, ca. 0.5 m tall. Stem cross-section quadrangular. Petioles reddish. Bracts persistent; red; ovate. Calyx red; 5 lobed; dorsal lobe smaller than lateral lobes. Anthers apically poricidal, but then appearing to dehisce longitudinally. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US). Leaf material collected for molecular systematic studies.
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae