Taxon Details: Lyonia latifolia (A.Rich.) Griseb. var. latifolia
Taxon Profile:
Narratives:
Family:
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:
Lyonia latifolia (A.Rich.) Griseb. var. latifolia
Lyonia latifolia (A.Rich.) Griseb. var. latifolia
Accepted Name:
This name is currently accepted.
This name is currently accepted.
Synonyms:
Leucothoe latifolia A.Rich.
Andromeda latifolia (A.Rich.) C.Wright
Xolisma latifolia (A.Rich.) Small
Xolisma turquini Small
Lyonia turquini (Small) Ekman ex Urb.
Lyonia densiflora Urb.
Lyonia clementis Acuña & Roíg
Leucothoe latifolia A.Rich.
Andromeda latifolia (A.Rich.) C.Wright
Xolisma latifolia (A.Rich.) Small
Xolisma turquini Small
Lyonia turquini (Small) Ekman ex Urb.
Lyonia densiflora Urb.
Lyonia clementis Acuña & Roíg
Description:
Description: Leaf blades ovate or broadly ovate to elliptic or nearly orbicular, 2.5-6.5(-8) cm long; base rounded to slightly cordate or broadly cuneate, not decurrent; adaxial surface with midvein usually slightly depressed, 2o veins usually at least slightly depressed, especially on larger-leaved plants; abaxial surface with 3o and higher order veins ± flat or nearly so and obscure to slightly and laxly reticulate, in plants from extremely high elevations near or at summit of Pico Turquino, raised, forming dense, fine reticulum; petiole 4-12(-14) mm long, pubescent adaxially only. Pedicels 2.5-5(-7) mm long. Flowers with calyx lobes (3-)3.5-7(-8) mm long.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba (Prov. Oriente, Sierra Maestra from Loma del Gato westward), in pinelands of Pinus maestrensis, low to tall thickets, moist montane forests ("Fangales"), rocky areas, "monte fresco" vegetation of higher summits, at ca. 700-2000 m elev. Flowering probably mainly April to July.
Type: Cuba. Oriente: Sierra Maestra, nr. Mogote, Santiago de Cuba, Apr 1844, J. Linden 1693 (holotype, P; frag. of holotype, F, L; isotypes, K, NY, W; frag. of isotype, NY).
Illustration: Judd (1995), fig. 25.
Description: Leaf blades ovate or broadly ovate to elliptic or nearly orbicular, 2.5-6.5(-8) cm long; base rounded to slightly cordate or broadly cuneate, not decurrent; adaxial surface with midvein usually slightly depressed, 2o veins usually at least slightly depressed, especially on larger-leaved plants; abaxial surface with 3o and higher order veins ± flat or nearly so and obscure to slightly and laxly reticulate, in plants from extremely high elevations near or at summit of Pico Turquino, raised, forming dense, fine reticulum; petiole 4-12(-14) mm long, pubescent adaxially only. Pedicels 2.5-5(-7) mm long. Flowers with calyx lobes (3-)3.5-7(-8) mm long.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba (Prov. Oriente, Sierra Maestra from Loma del Gato westward), in pinelands of Pinus maestrensis, low to tall thickets, moist montane forests ("Fangales"), rocky areas, "monte fresco" vegetation of higher summits, at ca. 700-2000 m elev. Flowering probably mainly April to July.
Type: Cuba. Oriente: Sierra Maestra, nr. Mogote, Santiago de Cuba, Apr 1844, J. Linden 1693 (holotype, P; frag. of holotype, F, L; isotypes, K, NY, W; frag. of isotype, NY).
Illustration: Judd (1995), fig. 25.
Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):
Lyonia latifolia (A.Rich.) Griseb. var. latifolia: [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.
Lyonia latifolia (A.Rich.) Griseb. var. latifolia: [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.