Collection Details
Species: Drymonia brochidodroma Wiehler
Collection Date: 24 March 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2002
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Imbabura
Subregion: Ibarra
Locality Description: Parroquia: Lita. Comunidad San Francisco; next to Río Verde (13 air-km south of Lita).
DD Latitude: 0.7558
DD Longitude: -78.4525
Elevation: 1100-900 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Premontane wet forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Terrestrial herb, 40-50 cm tall. Stems quadrangular and winged. Fruit erect; valves bright red and reflexed; seeds embedded in succulent blue funiculi. Calyx dark green and persistent in fruit. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae