Collection Details
Species: Besleria lutea L.
Collection Date: 9 August 2008
Determined By: unknown
Determination Date: unknown
Institution: unknown
Locality
Country: Cuba
Region: Granma
Locality Description: Parque Nacional Turquino. Sierra Maestra. Hiking trail between the parking lot at Alto de Naranjo and La Platica.
Elevation: 1000-900 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Bosque pluvial
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Shrub, 1.5 m tall. Rarely branched. Leaves membranaceous; opposite and equal in a pair. Flowers appearing fasciculate (i.e., peduncles absent) in axillary clusters with 1-5 flowers/leaf axile. Calyx lobes fuxed into an urceolate tube. Photographs of this collection are with John L. Clark (UNA).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae