Collection Details

Species: Columnea medicinalis (Wiehler) L. E. Skog & L. P. Kvist

Gesneriaceae Columnea medicinalis (Wiehler) L. E. Skog & L. P. Kvist
J. L. Clark , M. Mailloux, S. Seger 8001


Collection Date: 13 May 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2002
Institution: US

Locality

Country: Ecuador

Region: El Oro

Subregion: PiƱas

Locality Description: Buffer zone/border region of Reserva Ecologica Buenaventura; 11 km (air-km) north of the "Entrada la Virgin" on road towards Viron.

DD Latitude: -3.5578

DD Longitude: -79.77

Elevation: 1300-1700 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Premontane wet forest

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Epiphyte with dorsiventral shoots. Abaxial leaf surface green with red apices. Bracts and calyx lobes light green with red streaks. Corolla bilabiate; white with red margins. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae