Filed As:

Ericaceae
Cavendishia albopicata Luteyn x C. quereme (Kunth) Benth. & Hook.f.

Location:

Panama. Chiriquí. Fortuna Dam area, junction of old road with new road to Chiriquí Grande, ca. 5.6 km N of Sitio de Presa. Alt. 1110 m. (3642 ft.)

Collector(s):

J. L. Luteyn 15313 with Bruce K. Riggs, Carlos Guerra & Stella Sylva, 13 Oct 1998

Description:

Terrestrial shrub, 1.5 m tall. Leaves slightly bullate, without red color at base of leaf above (as in C. axillaris). Plant with slight odor of wintergreen (as in C. quereme). Floral bracts dark rose-red, adpressed to calyx at anthesis and after, not spreading. Corolla reddish to orange with white tips. [DNA].

Habitat:

Second growth along old road.

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 227640
GUID: 800c3b52-fa0f-4a3d-a8ef-01e3d22c14a2

Map:

Coordinates: (8.8, -82.2)

Distribution:

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