Collection Details

Species: Columnea spathulata Mansf.

Gesneriaceae Columnea spathulata Mansf.
J. L. Clark , C. Pallis, J. West 4644


Collection Date: 14 March 1998
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 1997
Institution: US

Locality

Country: Ecuador

Region: Esmeraldas

Subregion: Quinindé

Locality Description: Bilsa Biological Station. Reserva Ecológica Mache-Chindul, 35 km west of Quinindé. Permanent Plot #3.

DD Latitude: 0.35

DD Longitude: -79.7333

Min. Elevation: 500 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Premontane Wet Forest

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Epiphyte. Stem succulent. Undersurface of leaves green with red blotches. Calyx greenish-red. Corolla yellow and tubular. Fruit a white berry. Nectaries: 1-bilobed dorsal gland and 3-single lobed glands. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).

Other Data

Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae