Collection Details
Species: Gurania speciosa (Poepp. & Endl.) Cogn.
Collection Date: 19 August 2002
Determined By: A. K. Neill
Determination Date: 1 January 2003
Institution: BRIT
Locality
Continent: South America
Country: Peru
Region: Madre de Díos
Subregion: Tambopata
Closest Town: Puerto Maldonado
Locality Description: Los Amigos Biological Station, Madre de Dios River, ca. 7.0 km upriver from mouth of Río Los Amigos. Aguajal transect, 475 m.
Locality Site Specific: Trocha Aguajal
DD Latitude: -12.57
DD Longitude: -70.1
Elevation: 270-270 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Flooded forest, on soil hummock, climbing a Pourouma, in sun.
Soil Description: Saturated, swampy, dark, organic-rich soil.
Habitat: Floodplain Forest , Terrestrial
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Climbing trunk to 7-8 m. Leaves entire to 3-lobed, all parts with long white hairs. Stem slender even at base, 5 mm diam., green with white lenticels. Calyx scarlet, corolla lemon yellow. Three inflorescences, oldest with ~70 pedicel scars. NOTE: This specimen may have been distributed under a collection number (3331) that was accidentally duplicated, thus collection number now appended with a "-P."
Habit: Liana
Other Data
Research Site: Aguajal Los Amigos - CICRA
Project: Aguajal Project