Collection Details
Species: Paradrymonia longifolia (Poepp.) Wiehler
Collection Date: 22 May 2002
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2001
Institution: US
Locality
Country: United States of America
Locality Description: Smithsonian Botany Greenhouse accession 99-217. Source: seeds received September, 1999 from Jim West (Reserva Río Guaycuyacu, Pichincha, Ecuador). Wild origin: Ecuador (probably not from the Reserva Guaycuyacu)
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Stems erect, 0.6 m tall. Abaxial leaf surface green with red veins. Calyx cream-white. Corolla campanulate; greenish-white outside and yellowish-white inside. Anthers dehisce via longitudinal slits, but they initiate via poe-like slits. Style with gland-tipped pubescence. Stigma stomatomorphic. Filaments basally flat and wide; apically thin and thread-like. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US). Leaf material collected for molecular systematic studies.
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae