Sphyrospermum buxifolium Poepp. & Endl.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Zamora Chinchipe

• Locality

  Area of Estación Científica San Francisco, road Loja-Zamora, ca 35 km from Loja.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1830 m. (6004 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -3.97, -79.07

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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New York Botanical Garden
Sphyrospermum buxifolium Poepp. & Endl. s.I
P. Pedraza-Peñalosa & J. L. Luteyn, 2010
Sphyrospermum buxifolium Poepp. & Endl. --
S. cordifolium Benth. “complex”
det. James L. Luteyn, 2005
The New York Botanical Garden (NY)
Flora of Ecuador
Sphyrospermum cordifolium
Ericaceae
det.:
BOTANICAL
Garde**
Prov. of Zamora-Chinchipe, area of Estación Científica San Francisco (S 03°58', W
79°04'), road Loja-Zamora, ca. 35 km from Loja; moist montane forest
T30
leg.: F.A.Wemer	altitude[m]: 1830
obs.: epiphytic shrub, fruits hairy, faintly violet; corolla white with
pinkish base, glabrous, but gynaeceum with fine hairs. Leaves with
rather few and very fine hairs. Not truely pendant.
24.11.03	_ _ No. 531
"Vascular epiphytes and human disturbance"; Dep. Syst. Bot., University of Gottingen,
Germany; florianwerner@yahoo.com
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