Psammisia elliptica (Rusby) A.C.Sm.

  • Filed As

    Ericaceae
    Psammisia elliptica (Rusby) A.C.Sm.

  • Collector(s)

    B. C. Bennett 4101 with Patricia Gomez Andrade, Efrain Freire & J. C. Antich, 12 Mar 1990

  • Location

    Ecuador. Morona Santiago. Centro Shuar Yukutais. W of Pedro Kinkumas' house and south of school.

  • Habitat

    Growing into the subcanopy. In primary, montane forest.

  • Description

    Vine. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Specimen Notes

    NY conversion: (4/96) Dupe(s) verified by JLL at QCNE (from orig. DUPDISTRIB field). NY

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 42758

    Occurrence ID: f270415e-70fc-466b-a55a-e3b4fff8111d

  • Local Name

    ijiatch janki

  • Language
    Shuar
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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Morona Santiago

  • Locality

    Centro Shuar Yukutais. W of Pedro Kinkumas' house and south of school

  • Elevation

    Alt. 900 m. (2953 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -2.5, -78.13

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

  • Level 1 Use

    ANIMAL FOOD AND FEED

  • Level 2 Use

    Unspecified (Animal Food and Feed)

  • Level 3 Use

    Feed

  • Use Notes

    Hummingbirds drink the nectar

  • Level 1 Use

    MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS

  • Level 2 Use

    Unspecified (Materials and Products)

  • Level 3 Use

    Adornment

  • Use Notes

    Shuar women adorn themselves with the flowers.

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
00042758
Manuscript voucher of Bradley Bennett’s
Ethnobotany of the Shuar of Eastern Ecuador.
Plant Resources of Amazonian Ecuador
det. James L. Luteyn, 2007
The New York Botanical Garden (NY)
The Nes York Botanical Garden
INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY
Plant Resources of Asazonian Ecuador Project
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ECUADORj Morona-Santiago. Centro Shuar
Yukutais. West of Pedro Kunkumas’ house and
south of school. 0E°30’S, 7B°0B’W. 900mm.
Primary, montane forest. Browing into the
subcanopy.
Vine.
Bradley C. Bennett ^101	March IE, 1990
with Patricia Gomez Andrade, Efrain Freire, and J,
C. Antich
Supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development
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Psammisia urichiana (Britt.) A.C.Sm.
(incl. P. coccínea, P. elliptica, P. breweri,
P. pauciflora, P. recurvata)
00042758