Drymonia chiribogana Wiehler

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas

• County/Municipio

  Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (Canton)

• Locality

  Santo Domingo de los Colorados. Old road ("Via Antigua") between Quito and Santo Domingo (via Chiriboga), between La Palma and Bosque Protector Rio Guajalito. Remnant patches of forests along steep embankments.

• Elevation

  Alt. 977 m. (3205 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -0.3153, -78.9247

• Georeferencing Method

  GPS.

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Plants of Ecuador
Gesneriaceae
Drymonia chiribogana Wiehler
Ecuador. Provincia: Santo Domingo de las Tsachilas. Cantón: Santo
Domingo de las Tsachilas. Old road ("Via Antigua") between Quito and
Santo Domingo (via Chiriboga), between La Palma and Bosque Protector
Rio Guajalito. Remnant patches of forests along steep embankments.
0°18'55"S 78°55'29"W. Montane wet forest. Succulent herb with erect
shoots. Abaxial leaf surface with light green venation. Calyx lobes light
green; rarely w/ red margins. Corolla white on outside; throat and lobes
bright blue alternating w/ yellow. Immature fruits cone-shaped & light
green. Photographs of this collection are with John L. Clark (UNA).
J.L. Clark 10935	29 May 2009
2009 Gesneriad Research Expedition Participants
Herbarium of the University of Alabama (UNA)
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