Oreanthes fragilis (A.C.Sm.) Luteyn

Filed As

Ericaceae
Oreanthes fragilis (A.C.Sm.) Luteyn

Collector(s)

G. P. Lewis 3693, 07 Nov 1997

Location

Ecuador. El Oro. Chilla, track to the Antennas and paramo, km. 7.

Habitat

Cloud forest and ericaceous scrub on rocky slopes.

Description

Hemi-epiphyte or climber with small lignotubers and climbing stems rooting at the nodes in moss on tree trunks; leaves thick, firm but fleshy, dark green, young flush foliage reddish brown; calyces pale pinkish brown, corollas rose-pink; flowers pendulous within the moss, anthers pale yellow-orange; style and stigma dark rose-pink; subglobose berries bluish green.

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 01055923

Occurrence ID: 7f35d36c-840e-4c07-bdb5-1140d8d265ad

Laboratory Collections

Structural Botany, 02164838, G. P. Lewis 3693, Oreanthes fragilis (A.C.Sm.) Luteyn - Accepted : Ericaceae (261.0) : : : Magnoliophyta;

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