Collection Details
Species: Glossoloma medusaeum (L. E. Skog) J. L. Clark
Collection Date: 13 May 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2002
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: El Oro
Subregion: Piñas
Locality Description: Buffer zone/border region of Reserva Ecologica Buenaventura; 11 km (air-km) north of the "Entrada la Virgin" on road towards Viron.
DD Latitude: -3.5578
DD Longitude: -79.77
Elevation: 1300-1700 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Premontane wet forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Unbranched shrub, 1-1.5 m tall. Flowers in axillary clusters. Calyx lobes slightly cucullate and red. Corolla tubular; apically pouched on upper surface; apically constricted; appearing laterally compressed; throat pink with dark red spots. Flowers resupinate. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae