Collection Details
Species: Columnea isernii Cuatrec.
Collection Date: 2 February 2001
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2000
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Azuay
Locality Description: Naranjal-Cuenca highway (via El Cajas & Molleturo), ca. 5-10 km E of El Chorro.
DD Latitude: -2.6497
DD Longitude: -79.447
Elevation: 1000-600 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Premontane wet forest.
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Erect suffrutescent shrub growing in crevice of vertical rockface, ca. 1.5 m tall. Abaxial leaf surface red. Flowers in axillary fascicles. Pedicels red. Calyx lobes green with red margins. Corolla tubular; green with purple striations. Nectary comprises 5 separate glands. Fruit a globose berry. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae