Collection Details

Species: Pearcea pileifolia J. L. Clark & L. E. Skog

Gesneriaceae Pearcea pileifolia J. L. Clark & L. E. Skog
J. L. Clark , E. Narváez, V. Grefa (guide) 5672


Collection Date: 21 December 2000
Determined By: L. E. Skog
Determination Date: 30 November 2009
Institution: US

Locality

Country: Ecuador

Region: Napo

Subregion: Tena

Locality Description: Parroquia: Talag. Comunidad Cando. North of Río Jatunyacu.

DD Latitude: -1.0792

DD Longitude: -77.9414

Min. Elevation: 540 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Tropical wet forest.

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Suffrutescent terrestrial herb. Stems errect. Leaves distichous; abaxial leaf surface reddish-green to green. Immature flowers appressed to abaxial leaf surface. Mature flowers and fruits on an erect pedicel. Calyx green. Corolla red and tubular. Not locally common, but abundant along small stream. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae