Collection Details
Species: Columnea byrsina (Wiehler) L. P. Kvist & L. E. Skog
Collection Date: 24 March 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2002
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Imbabura
Subregion: Ibarra
Locality Description: Parroquia: Lita. Comunidad San Francisco; next to Río Verde (13 air-km south of Lita).
DD Latitude: 0.7558
DD Longitude: -78.4525
Elevation: 1100-900 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Premontane wet forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Epiphyte. Leaves with reddish-tinge on upper and lower surfaces. Calyx green. Corolla tubular; red with yellow lobes. Fruit a globose white berry. Nectary 4-lobed (1 bilobed dorsal gland & 3 separate single-lobed glands). Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae