Collection Details
Species: Glossoloma altescandens (Mansf.) J. L. Clark
Collection Date: 29 May 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2003
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Zamora-Chinchipe
Subregion: Palanda
Locality Description: Parroquia: Valladolid. Southern slopes of the Cordillera de Sabanilla (headwaters of Río Chinchipe). Tapichalaca Reserve (Fundación Jocotoco). Trail from highway to paramo (airplane wreckage).
DD Latitude: -4.4756
DD Longitude: -79.1633
Elevation: 2800-3400 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Cloud forest and Paramo.
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Scandent subshrub. Stems elongate, to 1.5 m long. Calyx lobes red; persistent in fruit. Immature fruit whitish-yellow and cone-shaped. Nectary a truncate gland on lower surface. Flowers resupinate. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae