Collection Details

Species: Glossoloma herthae (Mansf.) J. L. Clark

Gesneriaceae Glossoloma herthae (Mansf.) J. L. Clark
J. L. Clark , A. Muñoz, C. Tapia (guide) 6170


Collection Date: 27 January 2001
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2001
Institution: US

Locality

Country: Ecuador

Region: Cotopaxi

Subregion: Sigchos

Locality Description: Parroquia: San Francisco de las Pampas. Propiedad de Cesar Tapia

DD Latitude: -0.4041

DD Longitude: -78.955

Min. Elevation: 1200 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Premontane wet forest.

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Epiphyte with horizontal branches. Growing on steep slopes. Abaxial leaf surface red. Flowers in axillary clusters. Calyx lobes green. Corolla yellow,tubular & resupinate. Fruit a capsule with white valves. Nectary a bilobed gland on dorsal surface. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae