Collection Details

Variety: Besleria reticulata var. reticulata

Gesneriaceae Besleria reticulata var. reticulata
J. L. Clark , C. Morocho 5848


Collection Date: 7 January 2001
Determined By: L. E. Skog
Determination Date: 30 November 2001
Institution: US

Locality

Country: Ecuador

Region: Morona-Santiago

Subregion: San Miguel de los Cuyes ?

Locality Description: Main trail to San Miguel de los Cuyes via the Cordillera Morire (The "I will die" Ridge). [San Miguel de Cuyes is listed as a city not a canton of Morona-Santiago.]

DD Latitude: -3.2917

DD Longitude: -78.875

Elevation: 2400-3400 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Mostly cow pasture with remnant montane forest.

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Suffrutescent shrub to 2 m tall. Stems covered with thick woolly trichomes. Inflorescence appressed on undersurface of leaves. Calyx green. Corolla orange and tubular.

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae