Collection Details

Species: Besleria sp.

Gesneriaceae Besleria sp.
J. L. Clark , Gesneriad Research Expedition 2007 Participants 9976


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