Collection Details
Species: Alloplectus hispidus (Kunth) Mart.
Collection Date: 27 April 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2002
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Tungurahua
Subregion: Baños
Locality Description: Río Vascun Valley; northern slopes of Volcán Tungurahua.
DD Latitude: -1.4392
DD Longitude: -78.4328
Elevation: 2500-3200 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Montane wet forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Clambering semiwoody vine; growing appressed to tree trunk. Calyx yellowish-green with red trichomes. Corolla yellow; apically pouched on lower surface; not appearing laterally compressed. Nectary a bilobed gland on upper surface. Flowers not resupinate. Fruit a fleshy capsule with dark-red refelexed valves. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae