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Family:

Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

Primary Citation:

Brittonia 41: 15. 1989

Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.

Description:

Description: Shrub to small tree, (0.6-)2-4(-5) m tall; indumentum fulvous- to canescent-tomentose. Leaves oblong to elliptic-oblong, apex rounded (broadly acute). Pedicels 4-5 mm long; bracteoles 2.5-3.5 mm long; floral bracts 3.5-5(-7.5) mm long.

Distribution: Endemic from S Peru (Cuzco) to N Bolivia (La Paz) at elevations of (1000-)1800-2400(-3000) m. Found in moist, shaded places, forest edges, and cleared (somewhat dry) slopes.

Type: Bolivia. "Yungas et Yuracares," Pentland 196-201 (lectotype designated by Luteyn, 1995, P; isolectotype, OXF; probable isolectotypes, F frag., photo F neg. 38262, K, OXF). Syntype, D'Orbigny 265, P.

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Gaultheria eriophylla var. mucronata Luteyn: [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.