Collection Details

Species: Columnea angustata (Wiehler) L. E. Skog

Gesneriaceae Columnea angustata (Wiehler) L. E. Skog
J. L. Clark , R. Fleiss, I. Salinas 8776


Collection Date: 18 August 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2002
Institution: US

Locality

Country: Ecuador

Region: Esmeraldas

Subregion: Quinindé

Locality Description: Bilsa Biological Reserve. Reserva Ecológica Mache-Chindul, 35 km W of Quinindé.

DD Latitude: 0.35

DD Longitude: -79.7333

Elevation: 400-600 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Premontane wet forest

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Herbaceous epiphyhte. Stems succulent and elongate, 1-2 m long. Bracts and calyx lobes orange. Corolla tubular and orange. Fruit an oblong or globose white berry (see photos of both shapes). Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae