Collection Details
Species: Columnea schimpffii Mansf.
Collection Date: 2 February 2001
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2000
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Cañar
Locality Description: Bosque Protector Molleturo Mullopungo. Forest near village of Manta Real. Note: Provincially, Manta Real is locally reported as belonging in "Zona no limitada," provincia de Azuay, or provincia de Cañar.
DD Latitude: -2.55
DD Longitude: -79.35
Min. Elevation: 250 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Tropical wet forest.
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Clambering epiphyte with dorsiventral ("fern-fron"-like) shoots. Abaxial leaf surface green w/ red apices. Bracts yellow w/ red markings. Calyx lobes yellow with red markings. Corolla yellow & tubular. Nectary a single lobed gland on dorsal surface. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae