Filed As:

Ericaceae
Cavendishia martii (Meisn.) A.C.Sm.

Location:

Peru. Ayacucho. 64-65 km NNE of Tambo, and 6-8 km SW of Ayna. Alt. 1675 - 1770 m. (5495 - 5807 ft.)

Collector(s):

J. L. Luteyn 6368 with M. L. Lebrón-Luteyn, 03 Dec 1978

Description:

terrestrial, scandent shrub with branches to 3 m long. floral bracts green suffused with red, caducous; calyx green, lobes reddish-margined.

Habitat:

secondary growth along roadside slopes. scattered.

Other:

Collection Notes: corolla green, becoming yellowish-green at apex; corolla lobes beco-ming red tinged within in late anthesis. Plant visited by black hovering bees, collecting nectar through nectar-robber holes.

Identifiers:

GUID: 43ec63f8-16bb-4fba-88d2-695cf37c946b

Distribution:

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