Collection Details

Subspecies: Pheidonocarpa corymbosa ssp. corymbosa (Swartz) L. E. Skog

Gesneriaceae Pheidonocarpa corymbosa ssp. corymbosa (Swartz) L. E. Skog
J. L. Clark , J. Matos, A. Torres-Bilbao, I. Ventosa-Rodríguez 10556


Collection Date: 13 August 2008
Determined By: unknown
Determination Date: unknown
Institution: unknown

Locality

Country: Cuba

Region: Guantánamo

Locality Description: Playita de Cajobabo. Monument commenorating Marti's 1895 landing to launch second War of Independence. Limestone cliffs facing ocean.

Elevation: 10-50 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Bosque xeromorphico costero

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Subshrub, 40-60 cm tall. Growing on large boulders or limestone cliffs near ocean. Growing in full sunlight or shaded areas. Leaves scabrous, coriaceous, and terminally clustered. Inflorescence branches dark red. Calyx red. Corolla tubular; dorsally red; ventrally green suffused with faint red striations. Fruit a dry capsule with a one-sided beak. Photographs of this collection are with John L. Clark (UNA).

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae