Sphyrospermum buxifolium Poepp. & Endl.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Zamora Chinchipe

• Locality

  Area of Estacion Científica San Francisco, road Loja-Zamora, ca 35 km from Loja; forest on host T142.

• Elevation

  Alt. 2670 m. (8760 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -3.97, -79.07

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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New York Botanical Garden
Sphyrospermum buxifolium Poepp. & Endl.
Paola Pedraza (NY) 2011
Flora of Ecuador
Sphyrospermum
Ericaceat
det.:
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
on host T142.
altituderml: 2670
leg F.A.Werner
obs.: canopy epiphyte, large individual in thick humus deposit; shoot,
calyx and berry hirsute but leaves glabrous, along erect woody
shoots of 50cm and: more. Corolla pink. Cf. Rbu 12730.
21.03.08_No. 2445
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"Epiphytes and human disturbance"; A.-v.-Haller Inst, fur Pflanzenwissenschaften, Universität
Göttingen, Germany; contact: florianwemer@yahoo.com; photos: www.visualplants.de
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