Besleria

  • Filed As

    Gesneriaceae
    Besleria

  • Collector(s)

    J. L. Clark 8921 with Bohs, L.; León, N., 29 Mar 2005

  • Location

    Ecuador. Zamora Chinchipe. Chinchipe (Canton). Parroquia: Zumba. Finca de Sandy León. Forest near Río Tarrangami.

  • Habitat

    Premontane wet to moist forest.

  • Description

    Unbranched subshrub, 1-1.5 m tall. Calyx light green. Corolla orange; medially pouched on lower surace. Fruit a white globose berry. Mature fruit a rupturing berry.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    Photo

  • Specimen Notes

    QCNE, US

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 2609329

    Occurrence ID: b8441584-bf20-4a8d-bd1c-bb6b931bb7f4

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Lamiales

  • Family

    Gesneriaceae

  • All Determinations

    Besleria

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Zamora Chinchipe

  • County/Municipio

    Chinchipe (Canton)

  • Locality

    Parroquia: Zumba. Finca de Sandy León. Forest near Río Tarrangami.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2100 - 2300 m. (6890 - 7546 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -4.7806, -79.2092

  • Georeferencing Method

    GPS.

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Plants of Ecuador
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Gesneriaceae
Besleria
Ecuador. Provincia: Zamora-Chinchipe. Cantón: Chinchipe. Parroquia:
Zumba. Finca de Sandy León. Forest near Río Tarrangami. 2100-2300 m.
04°46'50"S 79°12'33"W. Premontane wet to moist forest. Unbranched
subshrub, 1-1.5 m tall. Calyx light green. Corolla orange; medially
pouched on lower surace. Fruit a white globose berry. Mature fruit a
rupturing berry. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae
photo file (US).
J.L. Clark 8921
With: L. Bohs & N. Leon
29 Mar 2005
Collected under the auspices of the Dept.of Botany, Smithsonian Institution (US)
Funded by the National Science Foundation PBI Solanum Project
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