Collection Details
Species: Besleria sp.
Collection Date: 4 June 2007
Determined By: unknown
Determination Date: unknown
Institution: unknown
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Zamora-Chinchipe
Subregion: Zamora
Locality Description: Buffer zone near the eastern border of Parque Nacional Podocarpus; 4.5 km S of Zamora, trail following Río Bombuscora from the "Puente Peatonal"
DD Latitude: -4.0928
DD Longitude: -78.9606
Min. Elevation: 984 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Premontane wet to moist forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Terrestrial shrub to 1 m tall. Stems multi-branched. Calyx lobes light green; persistent and truncate in fruit. Corolla tubular and bright orange. Corolla lobes with remarkable aestivation: lateral lobes reflexed and non-overlapping; dorsal lobes overlapping; ventral lob non-overlapping - between lateral lobes. Photographs of this collection are with John L. Clark (UNA). SEM sample #78.
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae