Taxon Details: Kalmia ericoides C.Wright ex Griseb. var. ericoides
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Family:

Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:

Kalmia ericoides C.Wright ex Griseb. var. ericoides
Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.
Description:

Description: Stems lacking unicellular hairs or very sparsely covered with such hairs, with a moderate to dense covering of long-celled hairs and glandular-headed hairs. Leaves (3-)4-9 x 0.5-1.7(-3) mm; adaxial surface lacking unicellular hairs or only sparsely covered with such hairs on midvein, especially near base, with scattered glandular-headed hairs and conspicuous, long-celled hairs, especially along margin near base. Pedicels lacking unicellular hairs, usually longer than subtending leaves, thus giving inflorescence an open appearance. Flowers with calyx lobes 3-5 mm long; abaxial surface with a few unicellular hairs near apex and along margin, with scattered glandular-headed and long-celled hairs. Capsules lacking unicellular hairs.

Distribution: Cuba, in the province of Pinar del Río, in white-sand savannas; associated species briefly discussed by Marie-Victorin & León (1944). Flowering from November through May (June).

Type: Cuba. Pinar del Río: Guane, near La Grifa, C. Wright 2199 (holotype, GOET, n.v.; isotypes, GH, MO, NY1, NY2, NY3, US, n.v.).

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Kalmia ericoides C.Wright ex Griseb. var. ericoides: [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.