Collection Details

Species: Gurania bignoniacea (Poepp. & Endl.) Cogn.

Cucurbitaceae Gurania bignoniacea (Poepp. & Endl.) Cogn.
J. P. Janovec , P. Centeno 2633


Collection Date: 5 November 2001
Determined By: A. K. Neill
Determination Date: 1 January 2003
Institution: BRIT

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. Between Cocha Llena and the garden. Collected in the garden and then started along trocha Playa.

Locality Site Specific: Trocha Cocha Lobo.

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: Floodplain Forest , Terrestrial

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Liana at 8 m. Calyx orange. Corolla yellow. Calyx shorter than corolla. Collected along the carretera trail between the garden and camp.

Habit: Liana

Other Data

Research Site: Los Amigos Conservation Concession & Biological Station

Project: Los Amigos Botany