Monographs Details:
Authority:
Smith, Albert C. 1952. Plants collected in Ecuador by W. H. camp. Vaceiniaceae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8 (1): 41-85.
Smith, Albert C. 1952. Plants collected in Ecuador by W. H. camp. Vaceiniaceae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8 (1): 41-85.
Family:
Ericaceae
Ericaceae
Description:
Species Description - (spreading shrub to 3 m.; leaves dull on both surfaces, deep green above, paler beneath; hypanthium red;corolla basally pale red, apically white; immature fruit dull, non-glaucous).
Species Description - (spreading shrub to 3 m.; leaves dull on both surfaces, deep green above, paler beneath; hypanthium red;corolla basally pale red, apically white; immature fruit dull, non-glaucous).
Discussion:
The robust habit and inflorescence, pilose flowers, and calyx with large subspreading limb make this one of the more easily identified entities among the 2-tubuled Macleaniae.
The robust habit and inflorescence, pilose flowers, and calyx with large subspreading limb make this one of the more easily identified entities among the 2-tubuled Macleaniae.
Distribution:
Ecuador South America|
Ecuador South America|