Collection Details
Species: Alloplectus aquatilis C. V. Morton
Collection Date: 16 October 2002
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2001
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Venezuela
Region: Mérida
Locality Description: Dirt road between Torondoy and Pico Aguila/entrance to Parque Nacional Culata (via Paramo de Mucumbis).
DD Latitude: 8.9167
DD Longitude: -70.95
Elevation: 2799-2900 m
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Scandent woody vine; growing on tree trunks via a single elongate stem, sometimes a clambering vine growing in patches of heavy vegetation. Fruits held horizontally when mature. Calyx lobes persistent in fruit with lobes oriented 3 dorsally and 2 ventrally. Fruit display-like with green valves and white seeds embedded in orange flesh (finiculi). Immature flower yellow, tubular, and erect. Nectary bilobed; on dorsal surface. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US)
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae