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var. gilgiana

Taxon

Cavendishia tarapotana var. gilgiana (Hoerold) Luteyn

Protologue Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. no. 35: 164. 1983IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
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Cavendishia tarapotana var. gilgiana, Croat 96009--Ecuador. Edo. Pichincha. Ca 11 km, La Union-Chiriboga. 17 Mar 06. 041 (2).jpg

Cavendishia tarapotana var. gilgiana, Croat 96009--Ecuador. Edo. Pichincha. Ca 11 km, La Union-Chiriboga. 17 Mar 06. 041 (2).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cavendishia tarapotana var. gilgiana, Croat 96009--Ecuador. Edo. Pichincha. Ca 11 km, La Union-Chiriboga. 17 Mar 06. 041 (1).jpg

Cavendishia tarapotana var. gilgiana, Croat 96009--Ecuador. Edo. Pichincha. Ca 11 km, La Union-Chiriboga. 17 Mar 06. 041 (1).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cavendishia tarapotana var. gilgiana, Croat 96009--Ecuador. Edo. Pichincha. Ca 11 km, La Union-Chiriboga. 17 Mar 06. 041.jpg

Cavendishia tarapotana var. gilgiana, Croat 96009--Ecuador. Edo. Pichincha. Ca 11 km, La Union-Chiriboga. 17 Mar 06. 041.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cavendishia tarapotana var. gilgiana, Croat 96009--Ecuador. Edo. Pichincha. Ca 11 km, La Union-Chiriboga. 17 Mar 06. 041 (3).jpg

Cavendishia tarapotana var. gilgiana, Croat 96009--Ecuador. Edo. Pichincha. Ca 11 km, La Union-Chiriboga. 17 Mar 06. 041 (3).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Colombia, Ecuador (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Croat, T 96009

March 17, 2006

Location

Ecuador, Pichincha (Quito)

0.021944, -78.746944

Location Remarks

Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Bellavisata Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2270 m elev.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Terrestrial on steep bank; bracts rose-red; ovary pink; corolla white with red band; pedicels pink.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Cavendishia

Specific Epithet

tarapotana

Infraspecific Epithet

gilgiana

Authorship

(Hoerold) Luteyn

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO