Filed As:

Ericaceae
Cavendishia bracteata (Ruiz & Pav. ex J.St.-Hil.) Hoerold

Location:

Venezuela. Mérida. Virihuaca region, 7 km down a dirt road opposite km 589 which is 12 km NW of Bailadores-La Grita road. Alt. 2750 m. (9022 ft.)

Collector(s):

J. L. Luteyn 5388 with M. Lebrón-Luteyn, L. Ruíz-Terán & J. A. Dugarte, 01 Feb 1978

Description:

terrestrial shrub with brances to 2 m long. rachis and pedicels green lightly suffused with pink; calyx red at anthesis with whate lobes; corolla deep pink.

Other:

Collection Notes: calyx red at anthesis with white lobes; corlla deep pink in the ba- sal 3/4, white above; fruits blue-black
Specimen Notes: NY, VEN

Identifiers:

GUID: 58f25808-5bf3-482d-a19c-bd8c2292558e

Distribution:

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