Collection Details
Species: Columnea medicinalis (Wiehler) L. E. Skog & L. P. Kvist
Collection Date: 5 July 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2002
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Carchi
Subregion: Espejo
Locality Description: Parroquia: Guatal. Mirador de las Golondrinas (Fundación Golondrinas). Trail from Santa Rosa (El Rosal) to the refugio at El Corazon.
DD Latitude: 0.8294
DD Longitude: -78.1175
Elevation: 1600-2000 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Wet premontane/cloud forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Epiphyte with dorsiventral shoots. Abaxial leaf surface green with red apices. Calyx and bracts light green. Corolla bilabiate; mostly white with red margins and striations. Nectary a bilobed gland on dorsal surface. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae