Heliconia sp.

Heliconiaceae

Collection NumberCroat, T 96208
CollectorsThomas B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon Christoph
Identified By
SourceC. Davidson
Date21 March 2006
CountryEcuador
provinceGuayas
LocationReserva Ecológica Manglares Churute, Cerro Pancho Diablo, Sendero La Cascade. 180 m elev.
Lat/LongS 02 27 00 W 079 36 00
Note1.75 m tall; inflorescence erect; bracts purple, more or less distichous; corolla orange with green tip.

Local Habitat

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LocationEcuador, Guayas, Reserva Ecológica Manglares Churute, Cerro Pancho Diablo, Sendero La Cascade., S 02 27 00 W 079 36 00
Date21 March 2006
EcologyA vestige of tropical dry forest adjacent to the mangrove.
CommentSphingidae. A conspicuous caterpillar.

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LocationEcuador, Guayas, Reserva Ecológica Manglares Churute, Cerro Pancho Diablo, Sendero La Cascade., S 02 27 00 W 079 36 00
Date21 March 2006
EcologyA vestige of tropical dry forest adjacent to the mangrove.
CommentAlouatta sp., possibly A. palliata, howler monkey.

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LocationEcuador, Guayas, Reserva Ecológica Manglares Churute, Cerro Pancho Diablo, Sendero La Cascade., S 02 27 00 W 079 36 00
Date21 March 2006
EcologyA vestige of tropical dry forest adjacent to the mangrove.

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LocationEcuador, Guayas, Reserva Ecológica Manglares Churute, Cerro Pancho Diablo, Sendero La Cascade., S 02 27 00 W 079 36 00
Date21 March 2006
EcologyTropical dry forest.
CommentSyrphid (Syrphidae), a possible pollinator, on Terminalia catappa.