Collection Details
Species: Neomortonia nummularia (Hanst.) Wiehler
Collection Date: 10 May 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2002
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Chimborazo
Subregion: Alausi
Locality Description: Parroquia: Huigra. Headwaters of Sigsig Pamba; Quebrada Huigra Viejo. Remnant patch of forest east (2 air-km) of the town of Huigra.
DD Latitude: -3.2933
DD Longitude: -78.9978
Min. Elevation: 1900 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Cloud forest.
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Pendent epiphyte with pendent stems to 1.5 m long. Leaves usually terminally clustered on short stems with swollen nodes. Fruit a globose orange berry with circumscissile dehiscence. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae