Taxon Details: Agarista coriifolia (Thunb.) Hook.f. ex Nied. var. coriifolia
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Family:

Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:

Agarista coriifolia (Thunb.) Hook.f. ex Nied. var. coriifolia
Primary Citation:

Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 236. 1889
Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.
Basionym:

Andromeda coriifolia Thunb.
Synonyms:

Andromeda coriifolia Thunb.
Leucothoe coriifolia (Thunb.) DC.
Leucothoe neriifolia Cham. & Schltdl.
Leucothoe laxiflora var. sellowii Meisn.
Andromeda crassifolia Pohl
Leucothoe crassifolia (Pohl) DC.
Leucothoe laxiflora var. martii Meisn.
Leucothoe laxiflora var. subcordata Meisn.
Leucothoe laxiflora var. subcordata Meisn.
Leucothoe crassifolia var. subreticulata Meisn.
Leucothoe crassifolia var. reticulata Meisn.
Leucothoe crassifolia var. macrophylla Meisn.
Description:

Description: Shrub (or tree) to 3(-5) m tall; twigs glabrous to moderately pubescent. Leaves with petiole 2-18 mm long; blade ovate (to ± elliptic), 1.8-10.5 x (0.6-)1-3.5(-5) cm, base usually cordate to rounded, abaxial surface with glandular dots absent or limited to basal half. Inflorescence rachis to 6-28 cm long, glabrous to densely pubescent; pedicels glabrous to densely pubescent. Flowers with calyx lobes abaxially glabrous to sparsely (moderately) pubescent; corolla red to white, 6.5-10.5 mm long; ovary glabrous to sparsely pubescent.

Distribution: Endemic to SE Brazil, from Bahia to S Minas Gerais and adjacent Rio de Janeiro, in open rocky and/or grassy campo, open scrub, thickets and forests, frequently along streams, usually in sandy soil, with sandstone or manganese outcrops, at 500-1950 m alt. Flowering chiefly June through September (to January or February).

Illustration: Judd (1995), fig 7.

Type: Brazil. Minas Gerais: Villa Rica, Freyreiss s.n. (holotype, UPS, n.v.).

Literature: Judd, W. J. 1995. Agarista. In: Luteyn, J. L., W. S. Judd, S. E. Clemants, G. M. Diggs, P.D. Sørensen, L. J. Dorr & G. D. Wallace. Ericaceae. Part II. The superior-ovaried genera (Monotropoideae, Pyroloideae, Rhododendroideae, and Vaccinioideae p.p.). Fl. Neotrop. 66: 1-560.

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Agarista coriifolia (Thunb.) Hook.f. ex Nied. var. coriifolia: [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.
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