Collection Details
Species: Crantzia tigrina (Karst.) J. L. Clark
Collection Date: 23 October 2002
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2001
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Venezuela
Region: Aragua
Subregion: Tobar
Locality Description: North of Colonia Tovar to and beyon El Aqueducto; c.a., 2 km north of pump station.
DD Latitude: 10.4333
DD Longitude: -67.2667
Elevation: 1650-1850 m
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Common suffrutescent shrub growing in shady open slopes along road, 1-2 m tall. Usually unbranched, but sometimes sparsely branched. Base of stem woody and gray, becoming apically succulent and red. Each node with conspicuous pair of dark red glands. Leaf bases ducurrent. Abaxial leaf surface green to red with light red to dark red venation. Adaxial leaf surface dark green. Calyx and pedicels reddish-pink; sometimes with yellowish-green midsection. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US)
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae