Collection Details
Species: Columnea minutiflora L. P. Kvist & L. E. Skog
Collection Date: 11 February 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2002
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Esmeraldas
Subregion: San Lorenzo
Locality Description: Parroquia: Alta Tambo. Border region of Awá Indigenous Territory. Entrance to the Río Bogotá community (future biological research station). Near Quebrada Pambilar.
DD Latitude: 0.9947
DD Longitude: -78.5892
Elevation: 500-600 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Shaded roadside region overgrown with secondary forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Terrestrial herb, 30-50 cm tall; shoots dorsiventral. Stems covered with dense pilose red pubescence. Flowers in axillary clusters; subtended by a large orange bract. Calyx orange. Corolla tubular and orange. Fruit a globose (sometimes appearing slightly flattened) white berry. Nectary a truncate (slightly trilobed) dorsal gland. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae