Collection Details

Species: Columnea brenneri Wiehler

Gesneriaceae Columnea aff. brenneri Wiehler
J. L. Clark , Gesneriad Research Expedition 2007 Participants 9832


Collection Date: 31 May 2007
Determined By: unknown
Determination Date: unknown
Institution: unknown

Locality

Country: Ecuador

Region: Azuay

Subregion: Cuenca

Locality Description: Cultivated in greenhouse at Ecuagenera Cia. Ltd. - Orquídeas del Ecuador. Collected from the wild in Ecuador (Amazonia - SE Ecuador?)

DD Latitude: -2.7114

DD Longitude: -79.4764

Min. Elevation: 1663 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Premontane wet to moist forest

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Cultivated herb with erect shoots, 30-40 cm tall. Leaves nearly isophyllous (NOTE: JLC #9833 with leaves strongly anisophyllous); abaxial leaf surface uniformly dark red. Calyx purple; margins entire. Corolla tubular; yellow with purple striations (NOTE: strations shallow and restricted to apical region of corolla) Photographs of this collection are with John L. Clark (UNA). SEM sample #21.

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae