Psammisia urichiana (Britton) A.C.Sm.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Peru

• State/Province

  Huánuco

• County/Municipio

  Pachitea Prov.

• Locality

  Region Pucallpa, western part of the "Sira Mountains", and adjacent lowlands; ca 26 km to ca 28 km ESE from Puerto Inca, from the beginning of the elfin forest along the crest to the first peak of the main range.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1700 - 2250 m. (5577 - 7382 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -9.42, -74.72

• Distribution

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Psammisia urichiana (Britt.) A.C.Sm.
(incl. P. coccinea, P. elliptica, P. breweri,
P. pauciflora, P. recurvata)
det. James L. Luteyn, 2007
The New York Botanical Garden (NY)
The New York Botanical Garden
Psammisia elliptica (Rusby) A. C. Smith
(syn.: P. coccinea, P. pauciflora)
det. James L. Luteyn	1994
pj. fJ
t	Flora of Peru	Ericaceae
Vi¿A I
Dept. Huanuco, Prov. Pachitea, region of Pucallpa, western part of the "Sira mountains"
and adjacent lowland; c. 26 km to c. 28 km ESE from Puerto Inca, from the beginning of
the elfin forest at 1700 msm along the crest to the first peak (9°25’ S, 74°43’ W) of the main
range at 2250 msm- •** Low elfin forest with many epiphytic lichens, mosses and vascular
plants. Ground covered by a thick layer of roots, rotten leaves and stems; pardy rocky.
Root climber; flowers below red, above white; this plant at 1750 msm.
leg: B.Wallnofer N# 112-23788	date: 23 July 1988
Austrian-Peruvian Sira Expedition 1987/1988; field work directed by W.Moiawetz. For geographical and other
details see MORAWKTZ & al. (1990): Plant Syst. Evol.
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