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Family:

Pyrolaceae (Magnoliophyta)

Primary Citation:

Sida 11(4): 370. 1986

Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.

Description:

Description: Subshrubs, 8.5-15(-19.5) cm tall. Leaves ascending, clustered in 3-5 pseudo-whorls of 3-5 leaves each, the pseudo-whorls separated by 0.7-2.2 cm long internodes, leaf blades 1-3.8 x 0.4-1.5 cm, margin 4-14(-20)-toothed; petioles 1-7 mm long. Inflorescences (2-)3-5-flowered; peduncles smooth, (2-)4.2-8 cm long; pedicels smooth, 4-15 mm long; floral bracts slightly membranaceous, acicular and slightly cucullate, ca. 2-5 x ca. 0.5 mm, glabrous, light-brown. Flowers: calyx 3-4 mm long, lobes broadly-ovate, acute or rounded, erose-denticulate, 1-3 x 1.7-3 mm, green (?) drying reddish-brown; corolla 8-10 x 8-10 mm, petals ca. 5 x 4-5 mm, margins erose-denticulate; stamens ca. 4 mm long; filaments 2.5-3 mm long, smooth, glabrous; anthers 1.5-2 mm long; stigma 2.2-3 mm diam. Capsule 4 mm tall, 5-6 mm diam.

Distribution: Endemic to Hispaniola in the Cordillera Central, Massif de la Selle, and Sierra Bahoruca, on rocky, pine (Pinus occidentalis Swartz) flats and barrens, or in pine forest, at elevations of 2100-2600 m. Flowering July to October; fruiting from September onward, with capsules sometimes persisting to the next flowering season.

Type: Dominican Republic. "Prope Constanza in Valle Nuevo, in pineto," 2200 m, Aug 1910 (fl), von Türckheim 3434 (holotype, BM, photo GH; isotypes, B?, G, GH, K, MO, NY, S, US).