Collection Details

Species: Crantzia cristata (L.) Scop.

Gesneriaceae Crantzia cristata (L.) Scop.
J. L. Clark 6539


Collection Date: 26 March 2002
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2001
Institution: US

Locality

Country: Martinique

Region: Saint-Pierre

Locality Description: Maison de la Botanique. Area maintained by the Parc Naturel Regional de la Martinique (PNRM). Located on highway N3, ca. 4.5 km SE of Le Morne Rouge.

DD Latitude: 14.7523

DD Longitude: -61.0999

Min. Elevation: 425 m

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Epiphytic climber. Stems subwoody. Flowers solitary; axillary, pendent. Stems horizontal. Flowers resupinate. Nectary a bilobed gland on lower surface. Fruit a bivalved pendent capsule; fruit walls yellow and reflexed when mature. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae