Collection Details

Species: Besleria solanoides Kunth

Gesneriaceae Besleria solanoides Kunth
J. L. Clark , C. Espinosa 8604


Collection Date: 30 July 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2002
Institution: US

Locality

Country: Panama

Region: Chiriquí

Subregion: Gualaca

Locality Description: Corregimiento: Hornito. Reserva Forestal Fortuna (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute). Sendero/Trocha Tres de Noviembre; headwaters of Quebrada Honda.

DD Latitude: 8.7614

DD Longitude: -82.2589

Elevation: 1200-1350 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Premontane/cloud forest

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Multibranched shrub, 1.5 m tall. Stems slender. Corolla orange and tubular. Fruits in axillary clusters below leaves. Petal lobes not reflexed (note: J.L. Clark # 8605 with reflexed lobes). Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae