Filed As:

Ericaceae
Cavendishia pubescens (Kunth) Hemsl.

Common Names:

manzanito, uva, camarón

Location:

Venezuela. Mérida. La Puerta-Timotes road, 4 km SW of La Puerta, below páramo La Puerta. Alt. 2100 m. (6890 ft.)

Collector(s):

J. L. Luteyn 5233 with M. Lebrón-Luteyn, L. Ruíz-Terán & J. A. Dugarte, 23 Jan 1978

Description:

terrestrial shrub 1 to 2 m tall. floral bracts green heavily suffused with red; rachis, pedicels palegreen; calyx tube green, limb pink; bracteoles pink.

Habitat:

steep roadside slopes. common.

Other:

Collection Notes: corollas white becoming pink to red after anthesis; mature fruits said to be dark. Long-tongued orange and black butterfly seen visi-ting all the flowers in an inflorescence and possibly extracting nec
Specimen Notes: NY, VEN

Identifiers:

GUID: a0076928-4002-4d48-a948-3f3c7ec51261

Distribution:

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