Collection Details
Species: Amalophyllon divaricatum (Poepp.) Boggan, L. E. Skog, & Roalson
Collection Date: 7 June 2010
Determined By: unknown
Determination Date: unknown
Institution: unknown
Locality
Country: Peru
Region: San Martín
Subregion: Rioja
Locality Description: Bosque Proteción Alto Mayo (BPAM), near Puente Aguas Verdes, confluence of Rios Aguas Verdes and Serranoyacu, KM 397 on Highway 5N -Carretera Fernando Belaunde Terry.
DD Latitude: -5.6658
DD Longitude: -77.7483
Min. Elevation: 1170 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Bosque montano - premontano.
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Lithophytic herb. Growing in dry cracks of limestone outcrops (i.e., not growing on wet or moss-covered areas of limestone). Abaxial leaf surface red. Leaves in a basal rosette (NEVER elonage or evenly spaced). Pedicels erect or appressed to leaf surface. Corolla rotate; white to white suffused with pink. Digital photographs of this collection are posted in the Andes-Amazon Atrium of BRIT (http://atrium.andesamazon.org) and with John L. Clark (UNA).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae