Collection Details

Species: Besleria sp.

Gesneriaceae Besleria sp.
J. L. Clark , L. Bohs, N. Leon 8921


Collection Date: 29 March 2005
Determined By: unknown
Determination Date: unknown
Institution: unknown

Locality

Country: Ecuador

Region: Zamora-Chinchipe

Subregion: Chinchipe

Locality Description: Parroquia: Zumba. Finca de Sandy León. Forest near Río Tarrangami.

DD Latitude: -4.7806

DD Longitude: -79.2092

Elevation: 2100-2300 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Premontane wet to moist forest

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Unbranched subshrub, 1-1.5 m tall. Calyx light green. Corolla orange; medially pouched on lower surace. Fruit a white globose berry. Mature fruit a rupturing berry. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae