Langsdorffia hypogaea Mart.
Balanophoraceae
| Collection Number | Neill, D 15942 |
| Collectors | David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson & Sharon R. Christoph |
| Identified By | D.A. Neill (ECUAMZ), 2020 |
| Source | S. Christoph |
| 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 | Root parasite, achlorophyllous. Leaves form involucre-like circle around inflorescence. Flowers emerging from ground, in shaded forest. Scale-like leaves brown at base, light brown at apex. flowers pink-orange. |