Filed As:

Ericaceae
Cavendishia martii (Meisn.) A.C.Sm.

Location:

Peru. Ayacucho. 50-54 km NNE of Tambo. Alt. 2220 - 2560 m. (7283 - 8399 ft.)

Collector(s):

J. L. Luteyn 6364 with M. L. Lebrón-Luteyn, 03 Dec 1978

Description:

terrestrial, almost scandent shrub with branches to 2.5 m long. floral bracts green suffused with red, caducous; calyx green, lobes reddish-margined.

Habitat:

montane rain forest area. scattered.

Other:

Collection Notes: corolla green becoming yellowish-green at apex; corolla lobes beco- ming red tinged within in late anthesis

Identifiers:

GUID: 32e8892d-4b03-4bd2-95f7-8d349437ba1e

Distribution:

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