Sphyrospermum buxifolium Poepp. & Endl.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Pichincha

• Locality

  Quito-Sto. Domingo old road (via Chiriboga), 12-20 km W of Las Palmeras.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1525 - 1950 m. (5003 - 6398 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -0.22, -78.85

• Distribution

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New York Botanical Garden
Sphyrospermum buxifolium Poepp. & Endl. s.l.
P. Pedraza-Penalosa & J. L. Luteyn, 2010
The New York Botanical Garden
Ericaceae
Sphyrospermum ? cordifolium Benth.
Ecuador. Pichincha: Quito-Sto. Domingo old road (via
Chiriboga), 12-20 km W of Las Palmeras. ca. 0°13’S,
78°51’W. 1525-1950 m. Heavily disturbed premontane
forest along road.
Long-pendent, epiphytic shrub. Corolla greenish-white in
bud, turning dull white at anthesis. Locally common.
James L. Luteyn & Roy Fuller 15133	16 May 1997
NYdb
00169971