Collection Details
Species: Gurania insolita Cogn.
Collection Date: 10 October 2001
Determined By: A. K. Neill
Determination Date: 1 January 2003
Institution: BRIT
Locality
Continent: South America
Country: Peru
Region: Madre de Díos
Subregion: Tambopata 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. Trocha Castañal.
Locality Site Specific: Trocha Castañal.
DD Latitude: -12.57
DD Longitude: -70.1
Elevation: 270-270 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Lowland tropical to subtropical moist forest. Upland terrace forest, from sloped terrain to flat terrace.
Soil Description: Soil sandy, clay.
Habitat: Terra Firme Forest , Terrestrial
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Female flowers cauliflorous on fasiculated peduncle, arising 5 m above ground from large liana 8.5 cm diam. Two large lianas, climbing to 22 m. Stem green-tan, striped and fissured, peeling in tan strips. Calyx coral-scarlet, corolla yellow-gold. NOTE: This specimen may have been distributed under a collection number (3329) that was accidentally duplicated, thus collection number now appended with a "-P."
Habit: Liana
Other Data
Research Site: Los Amigos Conservation Concession & Biological Station
Project: Los Amigos Botany