Orthaea abbreviata Drake

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Zamora Chinchipe

• Locality

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

• Elevation

  Alt. 1900 m. (6234 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -3.97, -79.07

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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New York Botanical Garden
Orthaea abbreviata Drake
Paola Pedraza (NY) 2011
Flora oi nxuauor
Cavendishia aff. zamorensis
Ericaceae
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Prov. ofZamora-Chinchipe, area of Estación Científica San Francisco (S 03°58'. W
79°04'), road Loja-Zamora, ca. 35 km from Loja; moist montane forest
miserable, xeric secondary vegetation (Sticherus. Melinis. bracken) along Camino
Canal.
altitudefml: 1900
leg F. A. Werner
obs.: shrub, corollas larger than in C. zamorensis, corolla pink with apex
white or not. 2168a from 1 (small; flowers pickled) ind., 2168b from
larger one next to T840, T841.
27.12.06___No. 2168
"Epiphytes and human disturbance"; A.-v.-Haller Inst, für Pflanzenwissenschaften, Universität
Göttingen, Germany; contact: florianwemer@yahoo.com; photos: www.visualplants.de
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