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Collection Details

Species: Glossoloma altescandens (Mansf.) J. L. Clark

Gesneriaceae Glossoloma altescandens (Mansf.) J. L. Clark
J. L. Clark , V. Mendoza 8100


Collection Date: 29 May 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2003
Institution: US

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Locality

Country: Ecuador

Region: Zamora-Chinchipe

Subregion: Palanda

Locality Description: Parroquia: Valladolid. Southern slopes of the Cordillera de Sabanilla (headwaters of Río Chinchipe). Tapichalaca Reserve (Fundación Jocotoco). Trail from highway to paramo (airplane wreckage).

DD Latitude: -4.4756

DD Longitude: -79.1633

Elevation: 2800-3400 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Cloud forest and Paramo.

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Scandent subshrub. Stems elongate, to 1.5 m long. Calyx lobes red; persistent in fruit. Immature fruit whitish-yellow and cone-shaped. Nectary a truncate gland on lower surface. Flowers resupinate. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae