Collection Details

Species: Glossoloma purpureum (L. P. Kvist & L. E. Skog) J. L. Clark

Gesneriaceae Glossoloma purpureum (L. P. Kvist & L. E. Skog) J. L. Clark
J. L. Clark , S. G. Clark, M. Cooper, N. Harris 7075


Collection Date: 1 February 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2002
Institution: US

Locality

Country: Ecuador

Region: Pichincha

Subregion: Quito

Locality Description: Parroquia: Nanegalito. Finca Kayalami; south of Cartegena; 2-3 air-km SE of Nanegalito.

DD Latitude: 0.1136

DD Longitude: -78.7028

Elevation: 1500-1600 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Premontane wet forest

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Terresrial shrub w/ erect stems, 30-50 cm tall. Rarely an eipiphyte. Abaxial leaf surface purple. Pedicels green. Calyx lobes green w/ fimbriate margins (fimbriations sometimes red); slightly cucullate. Corolla yellow; apically pouched. Nectary gland on upper surface. Flowers axillary; pendent; resupinate. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US)

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae