Hi everybody,
Little is known about it, no flowers nor fruits. It is supposed to be from the area around Pozuzo in central Peru, but this is also not very reliable. So it ends up with: neotropics, lowland, climbing species with conspicuous leaves, these tiny, only 2-3cm long. Maybe someone has an idea where it at least roughly belongs to.
Thanks in advance.
Hello,
To the left of the picture there are two species of the genus Pilea (Urticaceae).
The climbing plant in the center and right of the picture is reminiscent of some genus of Gesneriaceae (Asteranthera), but has very thin stems and is different.
@José: I meant the plant right of the picture. And your guess Asteranthera looks promising!! The problem is that I cannot say where it exactly comes from. Asteranthera is supposed to be restricted to Argentina and Chile. But the leafs are really quite similar.
Thanks!
Now I have at least a clue where to look in the herbarium!
Well.... the problem is: Asteranthera is monotypic... And the similarities are only superficial...
But Gesneriaceae is however likely
Search here using Locality "Peru" to determine the possibilities; or submit your photo to one of the researchers listed there: http://botany.si.edu/gesneriaceae/checklist/query.cfm
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