Family
Melastomataceae
Genus
Phainantha
Specific Epithet
shuariorum
Authorship
C.Ulloa & D.A.Neill
9/14/2007
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 Neill, C. Davidson, S. Christoph, W. Quizhpe
Notes
Semi-woody vine with slender stem; ascending tree trunks and adhering to them by adventitious roots at nodes. Corolla white. Elongate ovary white suffused pink. Immature fruits present.
9/17/2007
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 Neill, C. Davidson, S. Christoph, W. Quizhpe
Notes
Herbaceous or semi-woody vine with slender stems, climbng trunks of trees and adhering to them by means of adventitious roots at nodes. Corolla white at anthesis. Anthers yellow.
