Orthaea abbreviata Drake

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Zamora Chinchipe

• Locality

  Area of ECSF (Estación Científica San Francisco) Research Station approx. 30 km away from the city of Loja on highway towards Zamora.

• Elevation

  Alt. 2000 m. (6562 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -3.9717, -79.0789

• Distribution

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Orthaea secundißora (Poepp. & Endl.) Klotzsch
det. James L. Luteyn, 2001
The New York Botanical Garden (NY)
Flora of Ecuador
Province of Zamora-Chinchipe -
4L
Farn.: Ericaceae
New York Botanical Garden
Orthaea abbreviata Drake
Det: Nelson R. Salinas (NY) - 2014
date of det.:
Area of ECSF (Estación Científica San Francisco) Research Station approx. 30
km away from the city of Loja on highway towards Zamora (3° 58' 18" S, 79°
04' 44” W),
altitude: 2000 m, secondary mountain forest
Obs.: Scrambling and root-climbing shrub of 4 m height,
Inflourescences axillary with 11 - 13 flowers, corolla pink
changing colour towards lobes to white, pollination by
hummingbirds observed
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Leg.; SteffenMatezki
No.: 336 date: 22.11.00
Collection realized for PhD-Thesis about ecological function of woody and herbaceous vines within
the Project "Analyses of Virgin and Disturbed Tropical Montane Forest Systems". Field work was
carried out at ECSF and funded by DFG (German Research Foundation) Project Li 496/11-1
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