Spirotheca rosea (Seem.) P.E.Gibbs & W.S.Alverson

ECUADOR
BOMBACACEAE
Sp irotheca rosea ISeem. ) P.E. Gibbs &
W.S. A1verson
d e t, D.A. Neill (MO), E008
Zamora—Chinchipe: Nangaritza
Cordillera del Condor region. West
side of upper Rio Nangaritza, along
road about 13 km south of Guay2 i m i .
Silica mine "La Daniela". Dense wet
primary forest on sloping Hoi 1 in
sandstone plateauj being mined for
silica sand for glass manufacture.
0^ ° 08 1 36 "S 78 0 38 ' 4-4 "W	970 m
Tree 15 m tall, with aculeate
branches. Nearly leafless when
flowering. Cupular calyx green.
Flowers pale pink or "salmon "-colored
David Neill, C, Davidson,
S. Christoph & W. Quizhpe 15855
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
at anthesis. Petals at first green in
bud, then turning pink before anthesis.
18 Sep E007
David Neill, C. Davidson,
S. Christoph & W. Quizhpe 15855
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
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