Collection Details
Species: Columnea sp.
Collection Date: 30 May 2007
Determined By: unknown
Determination Date: unknown
Institution: unknown
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Azuay
Subregion: Cuenca
Locality Description: Road from Cuenca to Guayaquil (vía Molleturo/El Cajas). San Jose de Molleturo; trail from road leading South through small patches of primary forest.
DD Latitude: -2.7114
DD Longitude: -79.4764
Min. Elevation: 1663 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Premontane wet to moist forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Epiphyte with erect shoots, 40-50 cm tall. Abaxial leaf surface green with red apices. Calyx light green. Corolla tubular and uniformly yellow. Similar to Columnea angustata (Wiehler) L.E. Skog, but differs by red markings on leaves & corolla color being yellow (C. angustata with corolla unifromly orange). Photographs of this collection are with John L. Clark (UNA). SEM sample #19.
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae