Monographs Details:
Authority:
Maguire, Bassett. 1978. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part X. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 29: 1-288.
Maguire, Bassett. 1978. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part X. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 29: 1-288.
Family:
Ericaceae
Ericaceae
Description:
Latin Diagnosis - A subsp steyermarku hneari-lanceolatis fohis marginibus setosis, pedicellis longioribus, et pedicellisque sepalis glanduloso-setosis differt.
Latin Diagnosis - A subsp steyermarku hneari-lanceolatis fohis marginibus setosis, pedicellis longioribus, et pedicellisque sepalis glanduloso-setosis differt.
Discussion:
9b. Ledothamnus steyermarkii subsp longisetus Maguire, Steyermark & Luteyn, subsp nov Type. VENEZUELA. Edo. Bolivar: Meseta de Jaua, Cerro Sarisariiiama, cumbre in the east-central portion, 1922-2100 m alt, 22-27 Mar 1967, shrub 0.2-0.5 m; petals flame red; leaves spreading to ascending, silvery below, revolute; open rocky sandstone exposures in savanna-like places, Steyermark 97878 (holotype NY, isotype VEN).
9b. Ledothamnus steyermarkii subsp longisetus Maguire, Steyermark & Luteyn, subsp nov Type. VENEZUELA. Edo. Bolivar: Meseta de Jaua, Cerro Sarisariiiama, cumbre in the east-central portion, 1922-2100 m alt, 22-27 Mar 1967, shrub 0.2-0.5 m; petals flame red; leaves spreading to ascending, silvery below, revolute; open rocky sandstone exposures in savanna-like places, Steyermark 97878 (holotype NY, isotype VEN).