Collection Details

Species: Columnea picta H. Karst.

Gesneriaceae Columnea aff. picta H. Karst.
J. L. Clark , A. Muñoz, C. Tapia (guide) 6165


Collection Date: 27 January 2001
Determined By: L. E. Skog & J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2001
Institution: US

Locality

Country: Ecuador

Region: Cotopaxi

Subregion: Sigchos

Locality Description: Parroquia: San Francisco de las Pampas. Bosque Integral Otonga

DD Latitude: -0.4195

DD Longitude: -79.0032

Min. Elevation: 1900 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Premontane wet forest.

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Terrestrial herb with erect stems, 50 cm tall. Abaxial leaf surface green with red apices. Bracts light green. Calyx lobes yellow. Inner surface of calyx lobes with red patch on mid-section. Corolla yellow; tubular; lateral and ventral lobes red; dorsal lobe yellow. Nectary a single lobed dorsal gland. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae