Collection Details
Species: Besleria formicaria Nowicke
Collection Date: 12 August 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2002
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Panama
Region: Coclé
Subregion: Antón
Locality Description: Corregimiento: El Valle. Forest near Altos de la Mesa and Monumento Natural Cerro Gaital.
DD Latitude: 8.6167
DD Longitude: -80.1
Elevation: 1150-800 m
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Unbranched subshrub, 40-90 cm tall. Adaxial leaf surface with domatia along midvein. Peduncles 2-10 cm long. Calyx lobes green. Corolla tubular and white. Fruit a white globose berry. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae