Semiramisia speciosa (Benth.) Klotzsch

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Loja

• Locality

  Road Loja-Zamora, km 10.

• Elevation

  Alt. 2650 m. (8694 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -3.97, -79.17

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

2751
Semiramisia speciosa Benth.
Ericaceae
det.J.Luteyn(NY), April 1997
Province: Loja
Road Loja-Zamora, km 10.
2650 m 79° 10'W; 3° 58'S	28 October 1996
Vegetation: bosque humedo, secondary scrub and cultivtion.
Epiphytic scandent shrub from lignotuber, becoming a scandent shrub to
2.5 m x 1 cm diam., leaves mid-green dull, slightly paler below, flowers
solitary, pendent, fleshy, cylindrical, pedicels pale yellowish green,
calyces lime-green, corolla basal third green, apical two thirds scarlet,
glossy. In shade of bosque understorey. Infrequent.
Field work funded by Carlsberg Foundation & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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