Taxon Details: Thibaudia floribunda Kunth
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Family:

Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:

Thibaudia floribunda Kunth
Primary Citation:

Nov. Gen. Sp. (Kunth) 3: 269, pl. 254. 1818
Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.
Common Names:

sagalita, gualicón
Description:

Description: Terrestrial or epiphytic shrub, sometimes lianoid, with branches to 5 m long, sometimes said to be small tree; stem terete, striate, glabrous; twigs subterete, complanate, striate, glabrous to puberulent, glabrate. Leaves coriaceous, ovate, elliptic-ovate, lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, (5-)8-22(-30) x (1-)2.5-6(-7.5) cm, base rounded to cuneate, apex acuminate, glabrous; (3-)5-7-plinerved with inner pair of lateral nerves arising 1-2 cm above base, midrib thickened and raised in the proximal 1-2 cm, then thin and impressed distally above and raised beneath, lateral nerves impressed above and raised beneath, reticulate veinlets plane to impressed above and slightly raised beneath; petiole subterete, somewhat winged, rugose, stout, (3-)5-10 mm long, glabrous. Inflorescence axillary, racemose, (7-)15-30(-40)-flowered, often appearing ramiflorous, sometimes loosely pin-cushion type with 3-5 inflorescences from the same axil borne on older branches after leaves have fallen; rachis subterete, angled, striate, (1-)2-9(-14) cm long, glabrous to puberulent, sometimes conspicuously glandular-fimbriate; floral bract ovate, obtuse to acuminate, concave, (1-)3-4(-6) mm long, ciliolate; pedicel subterete, ribbed, 5-19 mm long, glabrous to puberulent, sometimes moderately glandular-fimbriate; bracteoles nearly basal, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 1-1.5 mm long, ciliolate. Flowers with calyx continuous with pedicel, the calyx 4 mm long; hypanthium campanulate, terete to narrowly 5-angled, 2-3 mm long, glabrous but sometimes moderately glandular-fimbriate; limb campanulate, ca. 1-1.5 mm long; lobes triangular, to ovate-triangular, acute to acuminate, ca. 1 mm long; sinuses acute to rounded; corolla tubular, terete to strongly 5-angled, rarely extremely narrowly 5-winged, 9-20 mm long and 3-4 mm diam., red to pink to white, glabrous but often moderately glandular-fimbriate, the lobes ovate-triangular, obtuse, ca. 1-1.5 mm long; stamen 10, equal, 8.5-15 mm long; filaments distinct, 2-4 mm long, glabrous to marginally pilose; anthers 7.5-12 mm long; thecae 2.5-4 mm long, the base long-mucronate; tubules 5-8 mm long, dehiscing by clefts; style about as long as corolla, glabrous. Berry spherical, blue-black, 8-10 mm diam.

Distribution: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; lower montane moist forest, montane moist and rainforest, elfin forest, subpáramo to páramo, at 1600-3600 m altitude.

Type: Colombia. Cundinamarca: Near Santa Fe de Bogotá, 3000 m, Humboldt & Bonpland s.n. (or by Mutis ?) (holotype, B?). The holotype, deposited in the Humboldt Herbarium at B according to A. C. Smith (1932: 413), was destroyed, but is represented in photo by F neg. 4627 and ACS neg. 132. There is a sheet at US designated "type collection" by A. C.Smith in 1932; this sheet is a Mutis collection, which has been given the number 2036, and could be a possible lectotype.

Illustration: Luteyn (1996), plate 6

Local names: Ecuador: gualicón, sagalita.

Uses: Fruits edible. Visited by male hummingbird Eriocnemis nigrivestis (Bleiweiss 1139).

Cultivated: HBA.

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Thibaudia floribunda Kunth: [Article] 1818. Nov. Gen. Sp. (Kunth). 3: 269, pl. 254.
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J. Giraldo-Gensini 770, Colombia
L. Uribe-Uribe 2589, Colombia
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E. L. Little Jr. 7030, Colombia
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F. W. Pennell 1924, Colombia
E. Perez Arbelaez 5907, Colombia
W. Devia A. 2030, Colombia
C. W. T. Penland 512, Ecuador
J. Brandbyge 42286, Ecuador
R. Bleiweiss 1139, Ecuador
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Collector unspecified 18, Ecuador
C. Josse 194, Ecuador
L. Werling 374, Ecuador
L. Werling 374, Ecuador
B. A. Stein 3087, Ecuador
R. P. Wunderlin 8717, Ecuador
B. A. Stein 3087, Ecuador
A. Gómez 652, Colombia
A. Gómez 927, Colombia
R. Fonnegra G. 5389, Colombia
B. R. Ramírez Padilla 4516, Colombia
P. Franco 5585, Colombia
A. Gómez 1031a, Colombia
G. D. McPherson 13172, Colombia
L. E. Ruiz-Terán 13064, Venezuela
L. Werling 282, Ecuador
J. C. Betancur B. 9594, Colombia
J. C. Betancur B. 3590, Colombia
J. C. Betancur B. 4118, Colombia
B. M. Boom 1484, Ecuador
M. L. Gavilanes 1043, Ecuador
B. C. Bennett 3831, Ecuador
J. L. Luteyn 15000, Ecuador
J. L. Luteyn 5034, Colombia
J. L. Luteyn 7403, Colombia
J. L. Luteyn 14787, Ecuador
J. L. Luteyn 15001, Ecuador
J. L. Luteyn 5838, Ecuador
J. L. Luteyn 6894, Colombia
J. L. Luteyn 9613, Venezuela
J. L. Luteyn 6190, Venezuela
J. L. Luteyn 6190, Venezuela
J. L. Luteyn 4875, Colombia
J. L. Luteyn 7176, Colombia
J. L. Luteyn 5725, Ecuador
J. L. Luteyn 10993, Ecuador
J. L. Luteyn 10105, Colombia
J. L. Luteyn 11833, Colombia
L. K. Albert de Escobar 2844, Colombia
L. K. Albert de Escobar 3729, Colombia
H. H. Rusby 751, Colombia
L. J. Dorr DORR 7218, Venezuela
L. J. Dorr 8691, Venezuela
B. Maguire 44015, Colombia
J. Cuatrecasas 19022, Colombia
J. Cuatrecasas 27393, Colombia
E. P. Killip 18087, Colombia
E. P. Killip 18791, Colombia
E. P. Killip 9462, Colombia
E. P. Killip 15820, Colombia
E. P. Killip 33663, Colombia
J. L. Zarucchi 6359, Colombia
J. L. Zarucchi 6827, Colombia
J. L. Zarucchi 5295, Colombia
J. L. Zarucchi 6802, Colombia
J. L. Zarucchi 5250, Colombia
J. L. Zarucchi 7018, Colombia
R. E. Schultes 20118, Colombia
J. M. Idrobo 3617, Colombia
J. M. Idrobo 3869, Colombia
B. Øllgaard 74620, Ecuador
L. B. Holm-Nielsen 27529, Ecuador
L. B. Holm-Nielsen 24607, Ecuador
L. B. Holm-Nielsen 26959, Ecuador
L. B. Holm-Nielsen 16804, Ecuador
L. B. Holm-Nielsen 18375, Ecuador
V. Zak 2247, Ecuador
P. M. Jørgensen 93064, Ecuador
J. F. Macbride 4874, Peru
M. López-Figueiras 8885, Venezuela
L. J. Dorr 6291, Ecuador
J. L. Luteyn 14705, Ecuador
J. L. Luteyn 15090, Ecuador
J. L. Luteyn 15090, Ecuador
F. Werner 1586, Ecuador
F. Werner 1586, Ecuador
J. L. Luteyn 14525, Ecuador
H. H. van der Werff 19401, Ecuador
C. Dziedzioch 73, Ecuador
A. Lourteig 3079, Colombia
I. F. Holton 632, Colombia
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B. Ståhl 2895, Ecuador
P. Pedraza-Peñalosa 1149, Colombia
A. H. Gentry 65350, Colombia
A. H. Gentry 24211, Colombia
A. H. Gentry 19296, Peru
J. W. Grimes 2514, Ecuador
J. Solomon 12562, Bolivia
S. G. Beck 31065, Bolivia
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R. Vásquez 28021, Peru
R. Vásquez 28069, Peru
A. L. Monteagudo Mendoza 9555, Peru
R. D. Rojas Gonzales 1623, Peru
J. Campos 5576, Peru
V. Quipuscoa S. 1326, Peru
K. R. Young 1405, Peru
K. R. Young 1593, Peru
K. R. Young 1324, Peru
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J. Perea 0675, Peru
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E. M. Ortiz Valencia 957, Peru
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E. M. Ortiz Valencia 285, Peru
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A. L. Monteagudo Mendoza 9309, Peru
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H. H. van der Werff 17630, Peru
H. H. van der Werff 19939, Peru
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J. D. Boeke 2116, Peru
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J. L. Clark 7719, Ecuador
H. Vargas 6174, Ecuador
A. B. Alvarez 591, Ecuador
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P. A. Silverstone-Sopkin 10156, Ecuador
C. E. Cerón Martínez 7186, Ecuador
H. Vargas 267, Ecuador
Y. E. J. Mexia 7675, Ecuador
A. Freire Fierro 3235, Ecuador
G. L. Webster 30529, Ecuador
J. E. Ramos Pérez 6069, Ecuador
J. E. Ramos Pérez 6420, Ecuador
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