Filed As:

Ericaceae
Cavendishia albopicata Luteyn

Location:

Colombia. Chocó. Km 125-134 Medellín-Quibdó road. Alt. 1158 - 1463 m. (3799 - 4800 ft.)

Collector(s):

J. L. Luteyn 7204 with M. Lebrón-Luteyn, 02 Apr 1979

Description:

terrestrial or epiphytic shrub with branches to 1.5 m long. young twigs, leaves and floral buds secrete a white, sticky latex present at anthesis completely enclosing the flowers.

Habitat:

steep moist roadside slopes and pasture borders. frequent, none in flower.

Other:

Collection Notes: floral bracts pink with green marginal glands; calyx pale yellowish-green with mauve hue, lobes with yellowish-green glands; corolla redin bud

Identifiers:

GUID: be9c809f-d72e-4e2d-b94c-e5c10fac4a72

Distribution:

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