Collection Details

Species: Diastema sp.

Gesneriaceae Diastema sp.
J. L. Clark , Gesneriad Research Expedition 2007 Participants 9857


Collection Date: 1 June 2007
Determined By: unknown
Determination Date: unknown
Institution: unknown

Locality

Country: Ecuador

Region: Morona-Santiago

Subregion: San Juan Bosco

Locality Description: Road between San Juan Bosco and the village of Santiago de Panantza (following Río Panantza)

DD Latitude: -3.1608

DD Longitude: -78.4714

Min. Elevation: 1158 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Premontane wet to moist forest

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Terrestrial herb, 20-35 cm tall. Stems succulent. Abaxial leaf surface green suffused with red. Calyx dark red. Corolla pale-yellow; outer surface flush-rose; ventral three petal lobes with red spots; dorsal two lobes uniformly palle-yellow and lacking spots. Photographs of this collection are with John L. Clark (UNA). SEM sample #33.

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae