Taxon Details: Agarista bracamorensis (Kunth) G.Don
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Family:

Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:

Agarista bracamorensis (Kunth) G.Don
Primary Citation:

Gen. Hist. 3: 837. 1834
Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.
Description:

Description: Shrub or small tree; twigs sparsely pubescent, with obscurely chambered pith; buds to ca. 0.5 mm long, leaves revolute. Leaves coriaceous, ovate, 0.8-1.5 x 0.25-0.7 cm, base rounded, apex acute-mucronate, margin entire, strongly revolute, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent on midvein, abaxial surface essentially glabrous, often with few a inconspicuous glandular dots along midvein; petiole 1.5-4 mm long. Inflorescences axillary racemes to ca. 5 cm long; rachis sparsely to moderately pubescent; bracteoles 2, opposite, nearly basal, narrowly triangular, to ca. 0.6 mm long; floral bracts to 1 mm long. Flowers with triangular calyx lobes, with acute to acuminate apices, 0.5-1.5 x 0.4-0.6 mm, abaxial surface glabrous; corolla ± cylindrical, white, 4.5-6 x 2-3.5 mm, glabrous; filaments ca. 3.5 mm long; anthers ca. 1.3 mm long; ovary glabrous. Capsules short-ovoid, 4-4.5 x 4.5-5.5 mm, placentae subapical; seeds ca. 1.5-2 mm long.

Distribution: Endemic to the Andes of N Peru, Bracamora region, ca. 2350 m alt.

Type: Peru. Cajamarca: Prov. Bracamora, nr. S. Felipe and Páramo de Yamoca, ca. 2350 m, Bonpland 3564 (holotype, P; frag. and photo of holotype, F).

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Agarista bracamorensis (Kunth) G.Don: [Article] Luteyn, James L., et al. 1995. Ericaceae, Part II. The Superior-Ovaried Genera (Monotropoideae, Pyroloideae, Rhododendroideae, and Vaccinioideae P.P.). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 66: 560.