Shuaria ecuadorica D.A. Neill & J.L. Clark
Gesneriaceae
| Collection Number | Neill, D 15912 |
| Collectors | David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson & Sharon R. Christoph |
| Identified By | L. A. Neill (MO) and J. D. Clark, 2010 |
| Source | C. Davidson |
| Date | 22 September 2007 |
| Country | Ecuador |
| province | Zamora Chinchipe |
| canton | El Pangui |
| Location | Cordillera del Cóndor region. Río Wawaime watershed, tributary of Río Quimi. Below site of proposed EcuaCorriente copper mine, on ridge near 1-ha forest inventory "Wawaime Plot". Tall cloud forest on ridge, on substrate of mixed sand and clay soil, below sandstone plateau. 1130 m elev. |
| Lat/Long | S 03 34 18 W 078 26 46 |
| Note | Small tree 4 m tall, with trunk 4 cm diameter. In forest understory on mixed sandstone/clay substrate. Calyx green. Corolla ivory-white on lobes, shading to pale yellow-green at base of corolla and on nectary at base of corolla. Corolla lobes reflexed to 90-degree angle with tube. Anthers dark brown. Immature fruits yellow-green. Dried, mature capsules dehisce from apex to base, with persistent styles, dark brown. Holotype: Shuaria ecuadorica D.A. Neill & J.L. Clark. - Systematic Botany 35: 670–672, f. 3, 4. 2010. (Syst. Bot.) (QCNE/BC:QCNE-278/A:213082) |