Collection Details
Species: Heppiella repens Hanst.
Collection Date: 31 December 2000
Determined By: L. E. Skog
Determination Date: 30 November 2000
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Imbabura
Subregion: Otavalo
Locality Description: Forested path to Laguna Mojanda (La via antiguo a Mojanda por el cementario).
DD Latitude: 0.1822
DD Longitude: -78.275
Min. Elevation: 3800 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Tropical montane wet forest.
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Terrestrial herb, 0.4 m tall. Leaves coriaceous and bullate (more so than populations at lower elevations). Calyx green. Corolla tubular and red. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae