Taxon Details: Lyonia truncata var. proctorii Urb.
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Family:

Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:

Lyonia truncata var. proctorii Urb.
Primary Citation:

J. Arnold Arbor. 71: 129. 1990
Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.
Description:

Description: Evergreen erect shrub to ca. 1.5 m tall. Leaf blades elliptic to ovate, 0.9-4.5 x 0.4-2.3 cm, ± flat, coriaceous; margin plane to slightly revolute toward petiole, apical portion clearly to obscurely and irregularly toothed to entire; petiole 2-6.5 mm long. Flowers on pedicels 2-5 mm long. Calyx lobes 0.7-1.6 x 0.4-0.9 mm, abaxial surface glabrous to very pubescent (near base); corolla urceolate-cylindrical, 3-4.5(-5) x 2-3(-3.5) mm; filaments 2.5-3.5 mm long, anthers 0.7-1 mm long. Capsule ovoid, 3-4.5 x 2.5-4 mm.

Distribution: Endemic to Puerto Rico, along the upper slopes and summit of Cerro Mariquita of the Sierra Bermeja (Mpio. Cabo Rojo), in dry rocky scrub to low forest on chert, at 250-301 m elev. Flowering in October.

Type: Puerto Rico. Mpio. Cabo Rojo, Sierra Bermeja, Barrio Llanos Costa, upper slopes and summit of Cerro Mariquita, 250-301 m elev., 11 Oct 1987, G. R. Proctor & P. McKenzie 44010 (holotype, FLAS; isotypes, Herb. Dept. of Nat. Res., Puerta de Tierra, P.R.)

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Lyonia truncata var. proctorii Urb.: [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.