Cavendishia bracteata (Ruiz & Pav. ex J.St.-Hil.) Hoerold

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Zamora Chinchipe

• Locality

  Area of Estación Cientifica San Francisco, road Loja-Zamora, ca 35 km from Loja. Moist montane forest; Camino Canal in open section.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1900 m. (6234 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -3.97, -79.07

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Prov. of Zamora-Chinchipe, area of Estación Científica San Francisco (S 03°58', W
79°04'), road Loja-Zamora, ca. 35 km from Loia; moist montane forest
Camino Canal in open section: this Cav.app. never epiphytic but an obligate shrub
(not even scrambling) of landslides.
altitudeíml: 1900
leg F. A.Wemer
obs.: shrub, corolla bright red with yellow tip.
01.01.06
No. 2119
"Epiphytes and human disturbance"; A.-v.-Haller Inst, fiir Pflanzenwissenschaften, Universitfit
Gottingen, Germany; contact: florianwemer@yahoo.com; photos: www.visualplants.de
New York Botanical Garden
Cavendishia bracteata (Ruiz & Pav. ex J. St.-Hil.) Hoerold
Paola Pedraza (NY) 2011
Flora of Ecuador
Cavendishia zamorensis cf.
Ericaceae
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