Columnea tessmannii Mansf.

  • Filed As

    Gesneriaceae
    Columnea tessmannii Mansf.

  • Collector(s)

    J. L. Clark 9066 with Bennett, J.R.; Bohs, L.; León, N., 05 Apr 2005

  • Location

    Ecuador. Zamora Chinchipe. Road Loja-Zamora. Parque Nacional Podocarpus. Centro de Educacion Ambiental "Arcoiris." Trail to Río San Francisco.

  • Habitat

    Premontane wet/moist forest.

  • Description

    Epiphyte with dorsiventral shoots. Abaxial leaf surface uniformly red. Bracts and calyx lobes green. Fruit an elongate green berry.

  • Specimen Notes

    QCNE, US

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02681018

    Occurrence ID: a0279875-f238-4e3b-988c-f6dacad19779

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Lamiales

  • Family

    Gesneriaceae

  • All Determinations

    Columnea tessmannii Mansf.
    Note: Det. by: Clark, J.L. (US), 2005

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Zamora Chinchipe

  • Locality

    Road Loja-Zamora. Parque Nacional Podocarpus. Centro de Educacion Ambiental "Arcoiris." Trail to Río San Francisco.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2050 - 2200 m. (6726 - 7218 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -3.9889, -79.0928

  • Georeferencing Method

    GPS.

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Plants of Ecuador
02681018
Gesneriaceae
Columnea tessmannii Mansf.
Det. J.L. Clark, 2005 (US)
Ecuador. Provincia: Zamora-Chinchipe. Road Loja-Zamora. Parque
Nacional Podocarpus. Centro de Educación Ambiental "Arcoiris." Trail to
Río San Francisco. 2050-2200 m. 03°59'20"S 79o05'34MW. Premontane
wet/moist forest. Epiphyte with dorsiventral shoots. Abaxial leaf surface
uniformly red. Bracts and calyx lobes green. Fruit an elongate green
berry.
J.L. Clark 9066	05 Apr 2005
With: J.R Bennett, L. Bohs & N. Leon
Collected under the auspices of the Dept.of Botany, Smithsonian Institution (US)
Funded by the National Science Foundation PBI Solanum Project
02681018