Collection Details
Species: Besleria variabilis C. V. Morton
Collection Date: 20 December 2000
Determined By: L. E. Skog
Determination Date: unknown
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Napo
Subregion: Tena
Locality Description: Parroquia: Talag. Comunidad Cando. North of Río Jatunyacu.
DD Latitude: -1.0792
DD Longitude: -77.9414
Min. Elevation: 540 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Tropical wet forest.
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Shrub, 1-2 m tall. Corolla orange and tubular. Fruit fleshy, display-like, but not a capsule (i.e., not dehiscing via sutures). Fruit-wall orange with bright purple fleshy mass of seeds. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Local Name: "Aquis"
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae