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Family:

Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

Primary Citation:

Cat. Pl. Cub. 52. 1866

Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.

Type Specimens:

Specimen 1: Isotype -- C. Wright
Specimen 2: Isotype -- C. Wright

Common Names:

clavellina, napoleón del pinar

Description:

Description: Shrub to 2.5 m tall; bark fibrous, usually glandular-hispid, (also tomentose), reddish-orange to red or brown, glaucous; twigs bluntly angled, densely glandular-hispid and tomentose, rusty-red or brownish-red. Leaves coriaceous, longitudinally-curled, linear, 3.5-6 x 0.2-0.5 cm, base narrowly cuneate, apex acuminate, rarely mucronate, margin glandular-ciliate, midvein and base of the lamina tomentose and glandular-hispid, glabrate, both surfaces glabrous; petiole flattened in cross-section, 1.3-2 mm long, not always distinguishable from the decurrent lamina, glabrous or glandular-hispid. Inflorescence a terminal raceme, 7-15-flowered; rachis 3-10.8 cm long and 1.2-2.2 mm in diam., glandular-hispid and tomentose; pedicel 12-30 mm long and 0.5-1 mm in diam., densely tomentose and glandular-hispid; bracteoles inserted along basal 1/2 of the pedicel, flat or usually slightly involute, linear or very narrowly ovate, 3.3-6.3 x 0.2-0.5 mm, base narrowly cuneate, apex narrowly acuminate, margin glandular-ciliate (also ciliolate), both surfaces tomentose; floral bracts usually longitudinally-curled, linear, 15-50 x 0.5-3 mm, base narrowly cuneate, apex narrowly acuminate, margin glandular-hispid, the midveins and the base of lamina tomentose and glandular-hispid, glabrate, both surfaces glabrous. Flowers 7-merous; calyx 2.8-3.7 mm long; tube 1.3-2.3 mm long and 2.3-3.5 mm diam., glandular-hispid, dark purple to black; lobes ovate to widely ovate, apex acute or caudate, margin entire, dentate, ciliate or glandular-ciliate (ciliolate), 1.6-3.4 x 1.1-2.2 mm, the longest lobes 2.5-3.4 mm, abaxial surfaces glabrous (glandular-hispid); corolla campanulate, dark purple, petals narrowly obovate, 16-24 x 2.6-4.2 mm, margin entire or distally crenate, glabrous; stamens included, 19-26 mm long; filaments glabrous; anthers 1.4-2.6 mm long and ca. 1.2 mm broad, glabrous; ovary glabrous; style exserted, 29-37 mm long; stigma 7-lobed. Capsule depressed obovoid, 4.5-5.0 mm long and 5.8-7.2 mm in diam., dark brown to black, the exocarp separating from the valves; seeds 0.8-1.0 mm long and 0.3-0.4 mm in diam.

Distribution: Endemic to Cuba, in the pinelands of Pinar de Río, at elevations of 200-250 m. The species flowers from January to May (September), and bears fruit from March to July.

Type: Cuba. Pinar del Río: Piñales, 1863 (fl, fr), C. Wright 2200 (holotype, GOET, photo NY neg. 11687; isotypes, BUF, G-BOIS, G-DC, GH, K, L, LE, MO, NY1, NY2, P, S, US, W, photo NY type herbarium microfiche 760/B12 & 760/C1).

Source: http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/lut2/

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Bejaria cubensis Griseb.: [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.