Psammisia citrina Luteyn & Sylva

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Zamora Chinchipe

• Locality

  Road Loja-Zamora, km 49.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1100 m. (3609 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -4.05, -78.98

• Distribution

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Psammisia coarctata (R. & P.) A.C.Sm.
(syn.: Psammisia guianensis Kl. and
P. roseiflora Sleumer)
det. James L. Luteyn, 2007
The New York Botanical Garden (NY)
FLORA OF ECUADOR
G. P. Lewis & P. Lozano
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Psammisia guianensis	Ericaceae
Province: Zamora-Chinchipe
Road Loja-Zamora, km 49.
1100 m 78° 591N; 4° 03'S	9 Novemberl996
Vegetation: remnant pockets of bosque humedo, secondary scrub and
surrounding cultivation.
Scandent shrub, 2-3mxl-2 cm diam., bark smooth, grey; leaves semi-
coriaceous, yellow-green; pedicels and calyces pink-red, corollas fleshy,
dark pinkish red with white apices, persistent styles pinkish purple. In
secondary scrub.
Fieldwork funded by Carlsberg Foundation & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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