Collection Details

Species: Besleria notabilis C. V. Morton

Gesneriaceae Besleria notabilis C. V. Morton
J. L. Clark 8548


Collection Date: 26 July 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2002
Institution: US

Locality

Country: Panama

Region: Chiriquí

Subregion: Gualaca

Locality Description: Corregimiento: Hornito. Reserva Forestal Fortuna (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute). Trail near Toma de Agua.

DD Latitude: 8.7253

DD Longitude: -82.235

Elevation: 1100-1250 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Premontane/cloud forest

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Unbranched terrestrial shrub, 1.0 - 1.5 m tall. Flowers in congested axillary clusters below leaves. Calyx lobes greenish-pink. Corolla bright orange and tubular. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae