Filed As:
Ericaceae
Psammisia guianensis Klotzsch
Ericaceae
Psammisia guianensis Klotzsch
Location:
Peru. Amazonas. Prov. Pongará; along cleared right-of-way and partially constructed Carretera Mar-ginal, from Cpto Bueno Aires to beyond Cpto Esperanza, near Yambras-bamba. Alt. 1900 m. (6234 ft.)
Peru. Amazonas. Prov. Pongará; along cleared right-of-way and partially constructed Carretera Mar-ginal, from Cpto Bueno Aires to beyond Cpto Esperanza, near Yambras-bamba. Alt. 1900 m. (6234 ft.)
Description:
arcing sub-lianous shrub through shrubs and trees to 4-5 m tall, 6-8m long. stem finely striate, tan dark outer layer peeling in thin sheets; leaves stiff, brittle, lustrous medium yellow.
arcing sub-lianous shrub through shrubs and trees to 4-5 m tall, 6-8m long. stem finely striate, tan dark outer layer peeling in thin sheets; leaves stiff, brittle, lustrous medium yellow.
Habitat:
bosque húmedo montano bajo. frequent.
bosque húmedo montano bajo. frequent.
Other:
Collection Notes: flowers on older wood, without fragance, sepals and pedicels orange,tips of sepals white, corolla tube orange, limb white tipped with spot on purple, anthers ochre, style and stigma purple
Specimen Notes: VEN
Collection Notes: flowers on older wood, without fragance, sepals and pedicels orange,tips of sepals white, corolla tube orange, limb white tipped with spot on purple, anthers ochre, style and stigma purple
Specimen Notes: VEN
Identifiers:
GUID: d3c958b1-45e4-4408-9e9c-ca96970e4eee
GUID: d3c958b1-45e4-4408-9e9c-ca96970e4eee