Psammisia urichiana (Britton) A.C.Sm.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Esmeraldas

• County/Municipio

  San Lorenzo (Canton)

• Locality

  Road Lita to El Cristal, on finca of Dr. La Lama, 13.5 km S of Lita.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1220 - 1350 m. (4003 - 4429 ft.)

• Coordinates

  0.82, -78.43

• Distribution

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Psammisia urichiana (Britt.) A.C.Sm.
(incl. P. coccinea, P. elliptica, P. breweri,
P. pauciflora, P. recurvata)
det. James L. Luteyn, 2007
The New York Botanical Garden (NY)
The New York Botanical Garden
Psammisia elliptica (Rusby) A. C. Smith
(syn.: P. coccinea, P. pauciflora)
det. James L. Luteyn
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of Ecuador
No. 14612	ERICACEAE
Psammisia
ECUADOR. Esmeraldas: Canton San
Lorenzo, road Lita to El Cristal, on finca
of Dr. La Lama, 13.5 km S of Lita. Ca.
0°49’N, 78°26’W. 1220-1350 m. Premontane
remnant forests.
Epiphyte, branches 2-3 m long. Calyx
hypanthium red, the limb and lobes white.
Corolla bright red with constricted distal
part white. Immature fruit with green
hypanthium and whitish limb and lobes,
[pickled].
James L. Luteyn, Carlos Quelal 13 May 1992
Funded (in part) by the NSF and AID
02643783