Collection Details
Species: Besleria sprucei Britton
Collection Date: 1 November 2001
Determined By: L. E. Skog
Determination Date: 1 January 2003
Institution: US
Locality
Continent: South America
Country: Peru
Region: Madre de Díos
Subregion: Manu Province
Closest Town: Puerto Maldonado
Locality Description: Los Amigos Biological Station, Madre de Dios River, ca. 7.0 km upriver from mouth of Río Los Amigos. Around the trail to Cocha Lobo and the old logging road.
Locality Site Specific: Trocha Cocha Lobo - Old Logging Road.
DD Latitude: -12.57
DD Longitude: -70.1
Elevation: 270-270 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Old growth, lowland tropical to subtropical moist forest, lower terrace, younger floodplain, some areas seasonally inundated.
Soil Description: Soil moist to wet, sandy, alluvial.
Habitat: Terrestrial , Floodplain Forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Herb 1.5 m. Corolla orange. Fruit green. Common along the old carretera trail between the garden and camp.
Habit: Herb
Other Data
Research Site: Los Amigos Conservation Concession & Biological Station
Project: Los Amigos Botany