Collection Details

Species: Rhytidophyllum minus Urb.

Gesneriaceae Rhytidophyllum minus Urb.
J. L. Clark , J. Matos, E. Palacio-Verdesia, A. Torres-Bilbao, I. Ventosa-Rodríguez 10500


Collection Date: 8 August 2008
Determined By: unknown
Determination Date: unknown
Institution: unknown

Locality

Country: Cuba

Region: Granma

Locality Description: Parque Nacional Desembarco del Granma. Park entrance near Alegría de Pío. Sendero Arqueológico Fustete del Morlote. Terraced limestone cliffs facing ocean.

Elevation: 100-200 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Bosque semicaducifolio (semideciduous) - matoral xeromorfo costero

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Erect subshrub growing in crevices of limestone cliff (absent from flat areas). Leaves terminally clustered (rarely evenly spaced). Fruit a 2 or 3 valved capsule. Calyx greenish-yellow. Corolla yellowish-green on outside; corolla throat usually with red spotting and occasionally uniformly yellowish-green. Stamens fused to base of corolla; trichomes abundant at base of free part of stamen. Nectary gland circular. Photographs of this collection are with John L. Clark (UNA).

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae