Collection Details

Species: Columnea villosissima Mansf.

Gesneriaceae Columnea villosissima Mansf.
J. L. Clark , J. Katzenstein 8347


Collection Date: 25 June 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2002
Institution: US

Locality

Country: Ecuador

Region: Morona-Santiago

Subregion: Palora

Locality Description: Parroquia: 16 de Agosto. Main road from Macas-Puyo highway towards the town of Palora. Patch of forest near bridge.

DD Latitude: -1.7364

DD Longitude: -77.8986

Min. Elevation: 860 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Premontane wet forest

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Leaves coriaceous; abaxially green with red apices. Calyx yellow. Corolla tubular; yellow with villous trichomes. Fruit an oblong to globose greenish-yellow berry. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae