Collection Details
Species: Besleria comosa C. V. Morton
Collection Date: 24 June 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2007
Institution: UNA
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Pastaza
Subregion: Puyo
Locality Description: Parroquia: Veracruz. La Esperanza (Siguin); Finca Salina (de Hilda Perez). Km 14 on the Puyo-Macas road.
DD Latitude: -1.5444
DD Longitude: -77.8981
Elevation: 1000-800 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Premontane wet forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Multiple branched shrub, 1 m tall. Stems slender and woody. Calyx lobes green. Corolla orange and tubular; basally ventricose. Fruit a red globose berry. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae