Collection Details

Species: Pearcea sprucei (Britton) L. P. Kvist & L. E. Skog

Gesneriaceae Pearcea sprucei (Britton) L. P. Kvist & L. E. Skog
J. L. Clark , J. R. Bennett, L. Bohs, N. Leon 9037


Collection Date: 3 April 2005
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2004
Institution: US

Locality

Country: Ecuador

Region: Zamora-Chinchipe

Subregion: Palanda

Locality Description: Parroquia: Valladolid. Southern slopes of the Cordillera de Sabanilla (headwaters of Río Chinchipe). Tapichalaca Reserve (Fundación Jocotoco). Sendero Tangaro to Sendero Quebrada Honda.

DD Latitude: -4.495

DD Longitude: -79.1319

Min. Elevation: 2500 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Cloud forest

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Terrestrial herb, 40-60 cm tall. Abaxial leaf surface dark red to dark green. Flowers erect. Calyx green. Corolla tubular; red; lateral and lower lobe yellow with red spots; dorsal lobe uniformly red. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae