Collection Details

Species: Columnea crassa C. V. Morton

Gesneriaceae Columnea crassa C. V. Morton
J. L. Clark 8617


Collection Date: 3 August 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2002
Institution: US

Locality

Country: Panama

Region: Coclé

Subregion: La Pintada

Locality Description: Corregimiento: El Arino. Parque Nacional Omar Torrijos. 6-7 km NNW from El Copé. Main trail from visitor center to abandoned sawmill.

DD Latitude: 8.6714

DD Longitude: -80.59

Elevation: 500-800 m

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Epiphyte or terrestrial subshrub with dorsiventral shoots. Abaxial leaf surface uniformly green; occasionally with nearly opaque red patch ("window") near apex. Bracts and calyx lobes red; shallowly serrate. Corolla tubular and yellow. Fruit an ovoid (dorsally acute) red berry. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae