Collection Details
Species: Gasteranthus acuticarinatus M. Freiberg
Collection Date: 4 July 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2002
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Carchi
Subregion: Espejo
Locality Description: Parroquia: Guatal. Mirador de las Golondrinas (Fundación Golondrinas). Santa Rosa (El Rosal).
DD Latitude: 0.8278
DD Longitude: -78.1297
Elevation: 1600-1900 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Wet premontane/cloud forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Terrestrial herb, to 1 m tall. Stem internode regions swollen; alternating purple and green. Calyx dark red; corolla dark red with purple lobes; dorsal keel on corolla tube present (note: fruit for this species is described on JLC # 8498). Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae