Collection Details

Species: Besleria sp.

Gesneriaceae Besleria sp.
J. L. Clark , Gesneriad Research Expedition 2007 Participants 9981


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; near entrance of Copalinga Ecolodge

DD Latitude: -4.0928

DD Longitude: -78.9606

Min. Elevation: 955 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Premontane wet to moist forest

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Terrestrial subshrub, 60-80 cm tall. Fruits in axillary clusters. Immature fruits with calyx lobes clasping berry; mature fruits with calyx lobes spreading to truncate. Mature fruit a globose orange berry. Photographs of this collection are with John L. Clark (UNA).

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae