Collection Details
Species: Glossoloma altescandens (Mansf.) J. L. Clark
Collection Date: 7 January 2001
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2003
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Morona-Santiago
Subregion: San Miguel de los Cuyes ?
Locality Description: Main trail to San Miguel de los Cuyes via the Cordillera Morire (The "I will die" Ridge). [San Miguel de Cuyes is listed as a city not a canton of Morona-Santiago.]
DD Latitude: -3.2917
DD Longitude: -78.875
Elevation: 2400-3400 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Mostly cow pasture with remnant montane forest.
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Terrestrial suffrutescent herb with erect stems to 0.5 m tall. Flowers axillary and pendent. Pedicel and calyx lobes red; lobes cucullate. Corolla orange. Inside of corolla with red blotches. Nectary a single bilobed gland on ventral surface. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae