Solanum flexicaule Benth.

  • Filed As

    Solanaceae
    Solanum cf. flexicaule Benth.

  • Collector(s)

    H. H. Iltis E-121 with et al., 01 Jul 1977

  • Location

    Ecuador. Los Ríos. 7 km E (9 km by road from ) Patricia Pilar (1 km to the W of Escuela Centrinelas, a minute settlement forest cleared in 1969), 58 km ENE of Quevedo, on Pan-Am Highway to Santo DOmingo de los Colorados.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1802107

    Occurrence ID: e69a686b-0d9f-4f3b-b25a-fc4b5fc6165b

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Solanales

  • Family

    Solanaceae

  • All Determinations

    Solanum flexicaule Benth., cf., det M. H. Nee, 2013

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Los Ríos

  • Locality

    7 km E (9 km by road from ) Patricia Pilar (1 km to the W of Escuela Centrinelas, a minute settlement forest cleared in 1969), 58 km ENE of Quevedo, on Pan-Am Highway to Santo DOmingo de los Colorados.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 300 - 400 m. (984 - 1312 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -0.6, -79.3

  • Distribution

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Ecuador Prov. LOS RIOS
(Some maps show this in PICHINCHA)
Virgin MEog,moss-and-epiphyte-enshrouded
wet tropical rain forest on steep,well-
drained slopes and ridges,with buttres-
sed trees to 50-60 m,many medium and
small palms and Cyclanthaceae in under-
story, Cretaceous volcanic diabasic
bedrock? Soil clayey?
J km E ofkm by road from) Patricia
Pilar (1km to the \js/ of Escuela Centi-
nelas,a minute settlement forest cleared
in 1969),58 km ENE of Quevedo,on Pan-
Am Highway to Santo Domingo de los
Colorados. (0°36*S;79°18*W)
@ ca. 300-400 m?
Hugh H.Iltis	No. E-
JJl!
Michael G. litis	1 July 1977
(with David Dodson
6c Shawn Slep)
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
01802107
The New York Botanical Garden
det. M. Nee, 2013
Corolla white with faint dirty pinkish to violet
hue, esp. without, strongly stellate, 39 mm. in
diam., lobes 4 mm. wide. Anthers very large,
yellow. Fruit bright red-orange, smooth, shiny,
29-34 mm. in diam. (size of a ping-pong ball).
Giant liana with 8 m. long stem, 3 cm. dbh,
trailing over vegetation.
121. Solanum
01802107