Thibaudia floribunda Kunth

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Zamora Chinchipe

• Locality

  Area of Estación Cientifica San Francisco, road Loja-Zamora, ca 35 km from Loja. Transect I-open forest.

• Elevation

  Alt. 2100 m. (6890 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -3.97, -79.07

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Thibaudia floribunda Kunth in H.B.K.
det. James L. Luteyn, 200^
The New York Botanical Garden (NY)
Flora of Ecuador
Thibaudia floribunda	Ericaceae
det.: J. Homeier
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
Transect 1 - open stunted ridge forest
leg.: F. A. Werner	altitude[m]:2100
obs.: terrestrial, scrambler; leaves very coreaceous (fragile); several
flowering specimens along transect; inflorescences mostly along
older (leafless) shoot sections. Corolla reddish pink with white tip.
16-06.05_____No. 1586
Vascular epiphytes and human disturbance"; Dep. Syt. Bot., University of Gottingen,
Germany, contact: florianwemer@yahoo.com; photos: www.visualplants.de
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