Collection Details
Species: Drymonia chiribogana Wiehler
Collection Date: 17 March 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2002
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Imbabura
Subregion: Cotacachi
Locality Description: Parroquia: García Moreno. Cordillera de Toisán. Cerro de la Plata. Bosque Protector Los Cedros. Main trail from the comunidad El Chontal to Los Cedros.
DD Latitude: 0.3
DD Longitude: -78.7167
Elevation: 1390-900 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Premontane/montane wet forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Terrestrial herb, with succulent erect stems; 1-1.5 m tall. Rarely an eipiphyte. Adaxial leaf surface green with white veins. Calyx lobes light green (sometimes red). Corolla campanulate; outside white; inside with yellowish-purple striations. Fruit display-like; valve walls yellow. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae