Erythrina smithiana Krukoff
Fabaceae
| Collection Number | Croat, T 96023 |
| Collectors | Thomas B. Croat, Christopher Davidson & Sharon R. Christoph |
| Identified By | Christopher Dalzell |
| Source | C. Davidson |
| Date | 18 March 2006 |
| Country | Ecuador |
| province | Los Rios |
| Location | Cerro Samama, SE of Potosí, SW of Caluma, South of Río Pita, vicinity of village of Pita, between Pita and Escuela 18 de Deciembre. 164-400 m elev. |
| Lat/Long | S 1 38 00 W 079 19 00 |
| Note | Tree 6 m tall; flowers orange; fruits brown with red seeds. The coordinates have been rounded to nearest minute and locality notes have been removed because the specimen is considered to be in a protected conservation status. |
Local Habitat
2.2km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Prov. Bolivar, Clementina Farms, Cerro Samama, 5.7 km S and W of main Pueblo-Viejo-Caluma Road, 5.2 km W from bridge over R¡o Pita, (turnoff is 6.3 km E from Potos¡)., S 01 38 51 W 079 19 52 |
| Date | 14 August 2004 |
| Ecology | Pacific slope moist forest. |
2.3km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Los R¡os, Cerro Samama, SE of Potosí, SW of Caluma, South of Río Pita, vicinity of village of Pita, between Pita and Escuela 18 de Deciembre., S 01 38 44 W 079 19 58 |
| Date | 18 March 2006 |
| Comment | This small frog was in the leaf litter. |
2.3km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Los R¡os, Cerro Samama, SE of Potosí, SW of Caluma, South of Río Pita, vicinity of village of Pita, between Pita and Escuela 18 de Deciembre., S 01 38 44 W 079 19 58 |
| Date | 18 March 2006 |
| Comment | Scarabaeidae on a fern |
