Filed As:

Ericaceae
Cavendishia splendens (Klotzsch) Hoerold

Location:

Venezuela. Trujillo. Boconó-Misisí mountains road, 19 km from turn-off to Misisí. Alt. 2500 m. (8202 ft.)

Collector(s):

J. L. Luteyn 5224 with M. Lebrón-Luteyn, L. Ruíz-Terán & J. A. Dugarte, 22 Jan 1978

Description:

terrestrial or epiphytic shrub rooted in thick moss and humus soils. floral bracts red; pedicels and calyx pink to red; corolla red lower1/2, white upper 1/2 or sometimes tinged with pink.

Habitat:

subpáramo forest below páramo cañada, with predominence of melastometrees ca. 10 m tall. common.

Other:

Collection Notes: wood
Specimen Notes: NY, VEN

Identifiers:

GUID: 2bf5341e-df74-4fe1-84d1-a2ea64a7c5ee

Distribution:

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