Collection Details

Species: Drymonia sp.

Gesneriaceae Drymonia sp.
J. L. Clark , S. Yustiz 6879


Collection Date: 17 October 2002
Determined By: L. E. Skog
Determination Date: 30 November 2004
Institution: US

Locality

Country: Venezuela

Region: Mérida

Subregion: Andres Bello

Locality Description: Comunidad San Eusebio (El Chorotal); c.a., 18 km north of La Azulita. Near border of Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada.

DD Latitude: 8.6667

DD Longitude: -71.4

Min. Elevation: 2100 m

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Terrestrial herb; sometimes en epiphyte with erect stems, 1.0-1.5 m tall. Abaxial leaf surface green; sometimes green with red tinge. Flowers in axillary clusters. Calyx lobes slightly cucullate; greenish-white with red margins. Corolla tubular; slightly pouches on lower surface; yellow with dark red lobes. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US)

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae