Psammisia coarctata (Ruiz & Pav.) A.C.Sm.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Morona Santiago

• Locality

  Limón-Gualaquiza road, 15.3 km S of Plan de Milagro (military post).

• Elevation

  Alt. 1000 m. (3281 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -3.05, -78.5

• Distribution

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Psammìsia coarctata (R. & P.) A.C.Sm.
(syn.: Psammisia guianensis Kl. and
P. roseiflora Sleumer)
* _	det. James L. Luteyn, 2007
2. OT 2	The New York Botanical Garden (NY)
The New York Botanical Garden
Ericaceae
Psammisia
Ecuador. Morona-Santiago: Limón-Gualaquiza road,
15.3 km S of Plan de Milagro (military post), ca. 3°3’S,
78°30’W. ca. 1000 m. Open, heavily disturbed roadside
slopes with remnant patches of forest.
Terrestrial shrub, along steep open slope; branches to
2.5 m long. Pedicel and calyx dark red. Corolla twice
constricted, bright red at base and white in constricted
distal part. Fruit green.
James L. Luteyn & Hugo Mogollón 15385 19 Nov 1998
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