Collection Details

Species: Columnea dielsii Mansf.

Gesneriaceae Columnea dielsii Mansf.
J. L. Clark , University of Alabama in Ecuador Program Participants 10700


Collection Date: 10 May 2009
Determined By: unknown
Determination Date: unknown
Institution: unknown

Locality

Country: Ecuador

Region: Pichincha

Subregion: Quito

Locality Description: Parroquia: Nono. Reserva Yanacocha (Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco). Sendero "Trocha Oso de Anteojos" to sendero "Trocha Inca"

DD Latitude: -0.1167

DD Longitude: -78.5861

Min. Elevation: 3500 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Montane/Cloud forest

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Scandent subwoody epiphytic subshrub. Stems scandent and elongate with peltate scales (like G. ichthyoderma). Fowers one/axil. Pedicel and calyx red. Corolla tubular, mostly red with yellow lobes. Glands present on apical portion of pedicel. Immature fruit yellow with red trichomes and cone-shaped. Photographs of this collection are with John L. Clark (UNA).

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae