Collection Details
Species: Paradrymonia metamorphophylla (Donn. Sm.) Wiehler
Collection Date: 2 June 2007
Determined By: unknown
Determination Date: unknown
Institution: unknown
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Morona-Santiago
Subregion: San Juan Bosco
Locality Description: Road between San Juan Bosco and El Pangui; 2-3 km S of San Juan Bosco
DD Latitude: -3.1433
DD Longitude: -78.5369
Min. Elevation: 1291 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Premontane wet to moist forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Terrestrial herb, 30-50 cm tall. Stems succulent. Leaves evenly distributed along stem (not clustered like other Paradrymonia spp.). Fruits in axillary clusters (10+/axil). Fruit a white globose fleshy berry. (NOTE: fruit NOT a capsule!). Photographs of this collection are with John L. Clark (UNA).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae