Psammisia urichiana (Britton) A.C.Sm.

  • Filed As

    Ericaceae
    Psammisia urichiana (Britton) A.C.Sm.

  • Collector(s)

    W. Morawetz 13-11988 with and B. Wallnöfer, 11 Sep 1988

  • Location

    Peru. Huánuco. Pachitea Prov. Region of Pucallpa, western part of the "Sira Mountains", and adjacent lowland; from ca 20 km to ca 24 km SE of Puerto Inca, crest of the mountain range going W to E from the "Campamento Oro" to the "Campamento Sira" and continuing to NNE to the beginning of the cloud forest, next to the Campamento "Pato Rojo".

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 2643854

    Occurrence ID: 4a739f22-fe52-4364-8c40-58b062661183

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Peru

  • State/Province

    Huánuco

  • County/Municipio

    Pachitea Prov.

  • Locality

    Region of Pucallpa, western part of the "Sira Mountains", and adjacent lowland; from ca 20 km to ca 24 km SE of Puerto Inca, crest of the mountain range going W to E from the "Campamento Oro" to the "Campamento Sira" and continuing to NNE to the beginning of the cloud forest, next to the Campamento "Pato Rojo".

  • Elevation

    Alt. 360 - 1080 m. (1181 - 3543 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -9.467, -74.794

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Austrian-Peruvian Sira Expedition 1987A988; field work directed by W-Morawetz. For geographical and other
details see MORAWETZ & al. (1990): Plant Syst EvoL
det. James L. Luteyn, 2007
The New York Botanical Garden (NY)
The New York Botanical Garden
Psammisia elliptica (Rusby) A. C. Smith
(syn. : P. cQcdnea, P. pauciflora)
det. James L. Luteyn
Flora of Peru	Ericaceae
cAi sL	cJjJ~ . g
Dept. Huanuco, Prov. Pachitea, region of Pucallpa, western part of the "Sira mountains"
and adjacent lowland; from c. 20 km to 24 km SE of Puerto Inca, crest of the mountain
range going west to east from the "Campamento Oro" (9°29’ S, 74°50’ W; 360 msm) to the
"Campamento Sira" (9°28’ S, 74°4T W; 800 msm) and continuing to NNE to the beginning
of the cloud forest at 1050 msm, next to the Campamento "Pato rojo" (9°2T S, 74 46’ W;
1080 msm). *•* Primary mountain rain forest, having some species and features of the
lowland rain forest. Soils: Brown and red latosols with rocky outcrops.
Root climber in a height of 10 m; flowers below red, above white; this plant at 800 msm.
leg: W.Morawetz & B.Walln6fer.	N®13-11988 daterll.September 1988
Psammisia urichiana (Britt.) A.C.Sm.
(incl. P. coccinea, P. elliptica, P. breweri,
P. pauciflora, P. recurvata)
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