Notopleura epiphytica (K. Krause) C.M. Taylor
Rubiaceae
| Collection Number | Neill, D 15924 |
| Collectors | David Neill, C. Davidson, S. Christoph |
| Identified By | C.M. Taylor (MO), 2008 |
| 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 | Epiphytic subshrub. Leaves very thick, fleshy. Fruits and branches of infructescence dark red. Fruits globose. |