Sanchezia, R. Vasquez 33129--Peru. Cusco. La Conv. Sta Ana. Tunquimayo. 2 Nov 07. 005.jpg
Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela; introduced into Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Cameroon, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Solomon Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Peru, Cusco, La Convencion
-12.901389, -72.762222
Location Remarks
Distrito Santa Ana. Tunqui Mayo. Bosque secundario y borde de quebrada. 1870 m elev.
Collectors
Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Efraín Suclli, Jim Farfán Vargas, Antonio Peña Cruz
Notes
Hierba escandente, 2-3 m; flores rojas.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Nangaritza
-4.313333, -78.661389
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor, "Area de Conservación Los Tepuyes". Along banks of the Río Nangaritza, in the sandstone-walled canyon between Miazi and Shaime. Dense wet forest and sandstone rock outcrops. 890 m elev.
Collectors
David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Wilson Quizhpe
Notes
Shrub to 1.8 m tall. Bracts and peduncles deep wine-red. Calyx bright yellow suffused red. Corolla orange, very glossy. Corolla lobes reflexed.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Acanthaceae
Genus
Sanchezia
Authorship
Ruiz & Pav.
