Sphyrospermum campii A.C.Sm.

ISOTYPE

Credit:MNHN - Paris, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, MJ - 2009

Project:Mellon

Specimen

Herbier

MNHN-P-P00649611

Sector

AME (America)

Collection

The New York Botanical Garden

Taxonomy

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Sphyrospermum

Species

Sphyrospermum campii

Name

Sphyrospermum campii A.C.Sm.

Origin

Country label

Ecuador

Country ISO (code)

Ecuador (ec)

Verbatim locality

Prov. El oro : In Moro-Moro region (about 21 miles west of Portovelo)

Phenology

Collector's name

W.H. Camp

Collector's number

E 633

Collection date

1944-10-7

Altitude

3400 -4200

Maximum altitude (meters)

4200

Description

Seen both as epiphyte and on soil on steep banks. Corolla deep red. Fr. angles. greenish white, translucent when mature, 0.75-1 cm. diam. When on the banks, the flowering branches ascending, 10-15 cm, high

Ecological note

In dense rain forest

Determination

Sleumer

1958