Collection Details

Species: Columnea brenneri Wiehler

Gesneriaceae Columnea brenneri Wiehler
J. L. Clark , Gesneriad Research Expedition 2007 Participants 9833


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 strongly anisophyllous (NOTE: JLC #9832 with leaves nearly isophyllous). Abaxial leaf surface uniformly dark red. Calyx purple. Corolla tubular; yellow with purple striations (NOTE: strations longer than JLC #9832 - each striation is nearly entire length of corolla. Photographs of this collection are with John L. Clark (UNA). SEM sample #22.

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae