Taxon Details: Agarista oleifolia (Cham.) G.Don var. oleifolia
Taxon Profile:
Narratives:
Family:
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:
Agarista oleifolia (Cham.) G.Don var. oleifolia
Agarista oleifolia (Cham.) G.Don var. oleifolia
Accepted Name:
This name is currently accepted.
This name is currently accepted.
Synonyms:
Andromeda oleifolia Cham.
Leucothoe oleifolia (Cham.) DC.
Leucothoe ambigua var. hispidula Meisn.
Leucothoe oleifolia var. hispidula (Meisn.) Sleumer
Leucothoe ambigua var. peduncularis Meisn.
Leucothoe stenophylla Loes.
Agarista stenophylla (Loes.) Nied.
Leucothoe rivularis Sleumer
Leucothoe ambigua var. tomentella Meisn.
Andromeda oleifolia Cham.
Leucothoe oleifolia (Cham.) DC.
Leucothoe ambigua var. hispidula Meisn.
Leucothoe oleifolia var. hispidula (Meisn.) Sleumer
Leucothoe ambigua var. peduncularis Meisn.
Leucothoe stenophylla Loes.
Agarista stenophylla (Loes.) Nied.
Leucothoe rivularis Sleumer
Leucothoe ambigua var. tomentella Meisn.
Description:
Description: Shrub (to small tree) to 3(-6) m tall; twigs glabrous to sparsely pubescent. Leaves with petiole 2-8 mm long; blade (2-)2.5-8.5(-10.5) x 0.4-2.8 cm, base cuneate, abaxial surface glabrous to sparsely pubescent on midvein. Inflorescences (2.5-)3-12 cm long; rachis sparsely to densely pubescent; pedicels glabrous to densely pubescent. Flowers with corolla red to white, 7.5-12 mm long; filaments 5.3-6.8 mm long; anthers 1-1.5 mm long; ovary glabrous to sparsely pubescent. Capsules 2.5-4 x 4-6.5 mm.
Distribution: Endemic to SE Brazil (S and C Minas Gerais and adjacent portions of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo), along margins of forests and thickets, frequently along rivers or streams, bogs, open rocky campo, at 800-2100 m alt. Flowering chiefly August through October.
Illustration: Judd (1995), fig. 7.
Type: Brazil. Minas Gerais: Itambé, Sellow s.n. (holotype, B, destroyed; frag. of holotype, F, NY; photo of holotype, GH; isotypes, E, G, K, L).
Description: Shrub (to small tree) to 3(-6) m tall; twigs glabrous to sparsely pubescent. Leaves with petiole 2-8 mm long; blade (2-)2.5-8.5(-10.5) x 0.4-2.8 cm, base cuneate, abaxial surface glabrous to sparsely pubescent on midvein. Inflorescences (2.5-)3-12 cm long; rachis sparsely to densely pubescent; pedicels glabrous to densely pubescent. Flowers with corolla red to white, 7.5-12 mm long; filaments 5.3-6.8 mm long; anthers 1-1.5 mm long; ovary glabrous to sparsely pubescent. Capsules 2.5-4 x 4-6.5 mm.
Distribution: Endemic to SE Brazil (S and C Minas Gerais and adjacent portions of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo), along margins of forests and thickets, frequently along rivers or streams, bogs, open rocky campo, at 800-2100 m alt. Flowering chiefly August through October.
Illustration: Judd (1995), fig. 7.
Type: Brazil. Minas Gerais: Itambé, Sellow s.n. (holotype, B, destroyed; frag. of holotype, F, NY; photo of holotype, GH; isotypes, E, G, K, L).
Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):
Agarista oleifolia (Cham.) G.Don var. oleifolia: [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.
Agarista oleifolia (Cham.) G.Don var. oleifolia: [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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