Collection Details
Species: Columnea eubracteata Mansf.
Collection Date: 8 March 1998
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 1997
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Pichincha
Subregion: Quito
Locality Description: Cordillera de los Yumbos. Overgrown path between La Victoria and Chiriboga.
DD Latitude: -0.2167
DD Longitude: -78.6667
Elevation: 2400-2600 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Montane Forest.
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Usually a terrestrial herb, but sometimes scandent. Stems erect and succulent. Undersurface of leaves mostly purple, sometimes with green apex. Bracts wine-red. Nectary a 2-lobed, dorsal gland; sometimes slightly truncate to 3-lobed. Corolla bila Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae