Desfontainia splendens Bonpl. belongs to the Columelliaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Bruniales
Family
Columelliaceae
Genus
Desfontainia
Specific Epithet
splendens
Authorship
Bonpl.
Scientific Name ID
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
2/15/2005
Location
Ecuador, Carchi
0.802222, -77.929167
Location Remarks
Paramo del Angel, along road from El Chical to Tulcán, 68.1 km E of El Chical, 13.6 km W of Tufiño plaza. 3200 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
1.5 m tall; tube red-orange; corolla lobes yellow-green.