Drymonia serrulata (Jacq.) Mart.

Drymonia serrulata (Jacq.) Mart.
det. L. Clavijo 2016
Revision of the genus Drymonia (Gesneriaceae)
Herbarium of the University of Alabama (UNA)
Drymonia serrulata (Jacq.) Mart.
det. Laurence E. Skog, U.S. National Heibarium, 19*33
2*/
m
PLANTAS DE VENEZUELA
GESNERIAC.
Woody stem climbing to 3 m against tree trunk. Nodes with 2 red
glandular dots on each side of leaf base. Blade firm, slightly
succulent, adax. glossy. Sepals 4 x 2.5 cm, centrally & esp. at
base concave (margins curved outward) and sometimes overlapping
adjacent ones, in upper 3 mm red-purple with color extending to
8 mm down rib, apex glandular. Corola white outside 4 in, 5 cm
long x 1.6 cm (side view), x 2 cm (front view); basal part ca.
1 cm long and wide, hard, thick, glossy, creamy, constricted
above; upward inflated and gibbous on upper side, mouth slight-
ly constricted; upper (short) lobes recurved and with wide zone
of pale purple dots esp. on central nerve and extending 5-7 mm,
inside of upper two lobes with yellow hairs; lateral lobes with
just a central line of purplish dots; filaments white, anthers
yellowish; style pink, stigma creamy; (half-)disk crescent-
shaped, 6 x 2 mm. Near meadow along river, along access road
on finca of one Sr. Durin.
Edo. TACHIRA: carretera San Cristóbal-Barinas (vía
los Llanos), entre el río Piscuri y Caño Seco, aprox.
67 km al este de San Cristóbal; zona de bosque hú-
medo llanero. Altura ca. 100 metros.
George S. Bunting 13.021
23 de junio, 1973
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