Collection Details

Species: Columnea dielsii Mansf.

Gesneriaceae Columnea dielsii Mansf.
J. L. Clark , University of Alabama in Ecuador Program Participants 9542


Collection Date: 13 May 2007
Determined By: unknown
Determination Date: unknown
Institution: unknown

Locality

Country: Ecuador

Region: Pichincha

Subregion: Quito

Locality Description: Parroquia: Nono. Reserva Yanacocha (Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco). Sendero "Trochoa Oso de Anteojos" to sendero "Trochoa Inca"

DD Latitude: -0.1167

DD Longitude: -78.5861

Min. Elevation: 3500 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Montane/Cloud forest

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Scandent subwoody epiphytic subshrub. Stem with peltate scales (like G. ichthyoderma). Abaxial leaf surface uniformly green or uniformly red. Fowers one/axil. Pedicel and calyx red. Glands present on apical portion of pedicel. Fruit an elongate capusle; dehisces longitudinally on one side. Flowers tubular; basal portion of corolla tube red; apical portion yellow. Nectary with 5 glands. Photographs of this collection are with John L. Clark (UNA).

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae