Collection Details
Species: Gasteranthus mutabilis L. E. Skog & L. P. Kvist
Collection Date: 31 May 2009
Determined By: unknown
Determination Date: unknown
Institution: unknown
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Santo Domingo de las Tsachilas
Subregion: Santo Domingo de las Tsachilas
Locality Description: Bosque Protector Rio Guajalito. Located on the old Quito-Santo Domingo road (via antigua Quito-Santo Domingo) between Chiriboga and La Palma.
DD Latitude: -0.3139
DD Longitude: -78.9264
Min. Elevation: 1796 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Montane wet forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Terrestrial herb, 25-35 cm tall. Fruit a bivalved capsule that dehisces primarily along the walls of the locules (loculicdally dehiscent) and secondarily dehisces along the septa (e.g., weakly septicidally dehiscent & four-valved). Photographs of this collection are with John L. Clark (UNA).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae