Thibaudia harlingii Luteyn

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Zamora Chinchipe

• Locality

  Loja-Zamora, km 40.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1650 m. (5413 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -4.05, -79

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Thibaudia
det. James L. Luteyn
1997
FLORA OF ECUADOR
G. P. Lewis
Ericaceae
Province: Zamora-Chinchipe
Loja-Zamora, km 40.
1650 m c.79° 00' W ; 4° 03'S
9 Augustl997
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Vegetation: bosque humedo.
Semi-scandent shrub, young flush foliage pinkish red; leaves very
coriaceous, olive-green with thick dark red petioles; fleshy flowers
with dark red pedicels, calyces cylindrical, rose-pink glossy, corollas
rose-pink on basal four fifths, pale green on apical fifth and with green
lobes, style rose-pink on basal three quaters, greenish on apical quater,
stigma green, Uncommon.
Field work funded by Carlsberg Foundation & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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