Collection Details
Species: Columnea rubriacuta (Wiehler) L. P. Kvist & L. E. Skog
Collection Date: 26 March 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2002
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Esmeraldas
Subregion: San Lorenzo
Locality Description: Parroquia: Alto Tambo. Small patch of forest along San Lorenzo-Ibarra highway (37 road-km NW of Lita; 25 air-km NW of Lita).
DD Latitude: 1.0253
DD Longitude: -78.6128
Min. Elevation: 450 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Very wet forest with abundant epiphytes
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Terrestrial subshrub with dorsiventral shoots. Abaxial leaf surface green with red apices. Bracts and calyx lobes green with red apipces. Corolla tubular; yellow with red lobes. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae