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Family:

Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

Primary Citation:

Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 35(1): 120. 1983

Description:

Description: Inflorescence relatively lax, open, the corollas and calyces usually discernible at anthesis; floral bracts 4-11 x 6-8 mm, not completely covering calyx at anthesis; pedicels (1-)2.5-7 mm long; bracteoles oblong to narrowly ovate, flat, with venation obscure, 1.5-4(-6) x 0.6-3 mm, shorter than pedicels, or if longer, then merely appressed to hypanthium. Calyx 5-7 mm long; hypanthium 1-2.5 mm long; limb (3.5-)3.8-5 mm long; lobes (1.7-)2-2.8 x 2 mm; corolla 6.2-8 mm long, white at base and apex, with a dark purple band in midsection; style (4.5-)4.8-8 mm long; stamens alternately 4.5 mm and 4.5-5 mm long; filaments alternately 2-2.2 mm and 2.7-3 mm long; anthers alternately 2.5-2.7 mm and 2.2-2.3 mm long; thecae 0.6-1 mm long.

Distribution: Southern Chocó, Colombia to central Peru, at elevations of 70-2000 m.

Local name: hoja verde.

Cultivated: ABG, NCSC, NY.

Illustration: Luteyn (1996), pl. 8.

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Cavendishia complectens subsp. striata Luteyn var. striata: [Article] Luteyn, James L. 1983. Ericaceae--part I. Cavendishia. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 35: 1-290.