Taxon Details: Bejaria neblinensis Maguire, Steyerm. & Luteyn
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Family:
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:
Bejaria neblinensis Maguire, Steyerm. & Luteyn
Bejaria neblinensis Maguire, Steyerm. & Luteyn
Primary Citation:
Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 29: 141. 1978
Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 29: 141. 1978
Description:
Description: Shrub to 1 m tall; bark striate, glandular-hispid, gray and tan striate; twigs subterete, dark brown or black, glandular-hispid. Leaves coriaceous, flat or usually revolute, elliptic, 1.3-1.6 x 0.5-0.6 cm, base cuneate, apex acute to acuminate or cuspidate, mucronate, margin glandular-ciliate, both surfaces glandular-hispid; petiole slightly flattened in cross-section, 1-2.5 mm long, glandular-hispid. Inflorescence terminal, racemose, 7-13-flowered; rachis ca. 3.8 cm long, ca. 1.5 mm in diam., brown or dark maroon, glandular-hispid; pedicels ascending, 13-20 mm long, 0.6-0.8 mm in diam., glandular-hispid; bracteoles inserted on basal 1/2 of pedicel, oblong, flat, 3.2-3.6 x 0.7-0.8 mm, base cuneate, apex acuminate, margin entire, both surfaces glandular-hispid; floral bracts elliptic, flat, 8.3-10.2 x 2.9-3.6 mm, base cuneate, apex acute, margin entire, adaxial surface glandular-hispid, abaxial surface glabrous. Flowers 7-merous; calyx ca. 5.3 mm long; tube ca. 1.8 mm long, 3.5 mm in diam., brown or orangish-brown, glandular-hispid; lobes ovate, apex acute or truncate, 2.9-3.6 x 2.9-3.4 mm, longest lobe 3.4-3.6 mm, margin ciliolate and glandular-ciliate, abaxial surface glandular-hispid; corolla apparently campanulate, pink, petals undulate, narrowly obovate, 16.5-17.5 x 3.8-6.1 mm, margin entire, glabrous; stamens included, 12.5-15.5 mm long; filaments tomentose; anthers 1.2-1.6 mm long, 1-1.2 mm in diam., glabrous; ovary glabrous; style slightly exserted, ca. 20 mm long; stigma capitate. Capsules depressed ellipsoid, ca. 4.4 mm long, ca. 8.3 mm broad, brown, exocarp not separating from the valves; seeds not seen.
Distribution: Endemic to the open slopes of Cerro de la Neblina (Pico Phelps), Venezuela, and only known from the type collection, at 2500-2800 m elevation. It flowers and fruits in December.
Conservation Status: Rare and endangered.
Type: Venezuela. Territorio Federal Amazonas: Cerro de la Neblina, base of Pico Phelps, 2500-2800 m, 2 Dec 1965 (fl, fr), Maguire & Pires 60477 (holotype: NY, photos NY neg. 10570, NY type herbarium microfiche #760/C5; isotypes:, F, K, NY, VEN, photos NY negs. 105469, 9671, NY type herbarium microfiche #760/C6).
Source: http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/lut2/
Description: Shrub to 1 m tall; bark striate, glandular-hispid, gray and tan striate; twigs subterete, dark brown or black, glandular-hispid. Leaves coriaceous, flat or usually revolute, elliptic, 1.3-1.6 x 0.5-0.6 cm, base cuneate, apex acute to acuminate or cuspidate, mucronate, margin glandular-ciliate, both surfaces glandular-hispid; petiole slightly flattened in cross-section, 1-2.5 mm long, glandular-hispid. Inflorescence terminal, racemose, 7-13-flowered; rachis ca. 3.8 cm long, ca. 1.5 mm in diam., brown or dark maroon, glandular-hispid; pedicels ascending, 13-20 mm long, 0.6-0.8 mm in diam., glandular-hispid; bracteoles inserted on basal 1/2 of pedicel, oblong, flat, 3.2-3.6 x 0.7-0.8 mm, base cuneate, apex acuminate, margin entire, both surfaces glandular-hispid; floral bracts elliptic, flat, 8.3-10.2 x 2.9-3.6 mm, base cuneate, apex acute, margin entire, adaxial surface glandular-hispid, abaxial surface glabrous. Flowers 7-merous; calyx ca. 5.3 mm long; tube ca. 1.8 mm long, 3.5 mm in diam., brown or orangish-brown, glandular-hispid; lobes ovate, apex acute or truncate, 2.9-3.6 x 2.9-3.4 mm, longest lobe 3.4-3.6 mm, margin ciliolate and glandular-ciliate, abaxial surface glandular-hispid; corolla apparently campanulate, pink, petals undulate, narrowly obovate, 16.5-17.5 x 3.8-6.1 mm, margin entire, glabrous; stamens included, 12.5-15.5 mm long; filaments tomentose; anthers 1.2-1.6 mm long, 1-1.2 mm in diam., glabrous; ovary glabrous; style slightly exserted, ca. 20 mm long; stigma capitate. Capsules depressed ellipsoid, ca. 4.4 mm long, ca. 8.3 mm broad, brown, exocarp not separating from the valves; seeds not seen.
Distribution: Endemic to the open slopes of Cerro de la Neblina (Pico Phelps), Venezuela, and only known from the type collection, at 2500-2800 m elevation. It flowers and fruits in December.
Conservation Status: Rare and endangered.
Type: Venezuela. Territorio Federal Amazonas: Cerro de la Neblina, base of Pico Phelps, 2500-2800 m, 2 Dec 1965 (fl, fr), Maguire & Pires 60477 (holotype: NY, photos NY neg. 10570, NY type herbarium microfiche #760/C5; isotypes:, F, K, NY, VEN, photos NY negs. 105469, 9671, NY type herbarium microfiche #760/C6).
Source: http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/lut2/
Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):
Bejaria neblinensis Maguire, Steyerm. & Luteyn: [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.
Bejaria neblinensis Maguire, Steyerm. & Luteyn: [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.