Collection Details

Species: Columnea capillosa L. P. Kvist & L. E. Skog

Gesneriaceae Columnea capillosa L. P. Kvist & L. E. Skog
J. L. Clark , J. Katzenstein 8301


Collection Date: 24 June 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2002
Institution: US

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: Epiphyte with dorsiventral shoots. Occasionally terrestrial. Abaxial leaf surface green with faint red margins. Bracts and calyx lobes purple. Corolla tubular; cream-white to yellow; lower lobe spotted red. Nectary a trilobed gland on dorsal surface. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae