Thibaudia martiniana A.C.Sm.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Morona Santiago

• Locality

  Los Tayos. Summit.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1500 m. (4921 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -3.12, -78.23

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
LOS TAYOS. EXPEDITION TO ECUADOR No: 263
Thitaudia mart ini ?.na A.0.Smith
Collected: G.C.G. Argent & R.B. Burbidge
Locality:
Los Tayos, Morono-Santiago Province
3°7'S ?8°1VW Serra do Condor
ridfte.
Habitat: Shrub grcwinj in peat in woody
savannah of summit' with long arching canes
to ?m. c.1,500m. alt.
NoteS Pedicels and calyx bright pink, corolla
whife or sometimes flushed pink. Scales and
bracteoles on inflorescences white. Leaves
yellowish green with the main veins prominent-
ly flushed dull red especially underneath.
Mature fruit not seen, immature fruit white
with pinkish flush. .Flowers visited by
humming birds but nectar almost .invariably
stolen from the base at the side of the
corolla.
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