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

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Loja

• Locality

  Cerro Villanaco (ca 7 km W of the city of Loja). Eastern slopes.

• Elevation

  Alt. 2500 m. (8202 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -3.96855, -79.2631

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  2773

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide (Zermoglio et. Referenced Catamayo map (U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency, 1989) for locality info. Coordinates of area of Cerro Villonaco at elev. 2500m were located. Radial estimated as halved distance from coordinates to nearest named place, Cerro El Limon.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Bracts red; hypanthium usually green, or tinged with
Corolla basally red, apically yellowish-green.
' Plants 1.5 -3m. high, (see field note.)
PROV. LOJA: Cerro Villanaco (ca. 7 km. west of the city of Loja); 8,000—
«7666-ftr-eler-: eastern slopes, 2500 m. elev.
Distributed by the New York Botanical Garden
PLANTS OF ECUADOR
W. H. Gamp, No. E- 191	July 18, 19UU
CctAMjudiUu'a	CR.f-P)
Det. A. O. Smith
Cavendishia bracteata (R. & P. ex J. St.-
Hilaire) Hoerold sensu lato
det. James L. Luteyn	1981
W.H. Camp, E. 191
A series taken to show variations in leaf size and shape in the same colony as well as
vaiiatian in pubescence of corolla and glands on pedicels and bracts. These glands are of the
short ¿talked type and areactively secreting on the young growth.
The New York Botanical Garden
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