Collection Details
Species: Episcia cupreata (Hook.) Hanst.
Collection Date: 19 February 2004
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2003
Institution: US
Locality
Country: United States of America
Locality Description: Source: Cutting received from Wallace Wells (Manhatten, NY) in Feb 2004. Wild origin: collected in the wild by Hans Wiehler in Colombia during a GRF expedition (W. Wells, pers.comm.).
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Stems herbaceous; pubescent. Abaxial leaf surface red with green venation. Calyx lobes separate; subequal (dorsal lobe smaller). Corolla oblique in calyx. Corolla ca. 3.5 cm long. Inside yellow with red spots; gland-tipped trichomes present at corolla mouth; corolla slightly enlarged (ventricose) basally. Nectary a deeply bilobed dorsal gland. Leaf material collected for molecular systematic studies.
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae