Flora of the World

Record Number

Neill, D 15912

Collection Date

9/21/2007

Collectors

David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Remarks

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)

Geographic Information

Country

Ecuador

State/Province

Zamora Chinchipe

Coordinates

-3.630278, -78.447222

Location

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe

Location Remarks

Cordillera del Cóndor. Summit area of sandstone plateau, a western spur of the Cóndor, Contrafuerte Tres Patines, south of Río Tundayme, above the military road to Cóndor Mirador. Dense, wet dwarf forest and low shrubby vegetation. 1680 m elev.