Filed As:

Ericaceae
Ceratostema pubescens Luteyn ( holotype )
All Determinations:

Ceratostema pubescens Luteyn
Note: Basionym

Location:

Ecuador. El Oro. Road Manu-Chilla, Km. 36; 10 km. W of Guanasan. Alt. 2600 m. (8530 ft.)
Collector(s):

G. P. Lewis 2640 with P. Lozano, N. Aguirre & I. Aldaz, 04 Oct 1996
Description:

shrub, 2-2.5 m. high. Shrub, 2-2.5 m.; some plants with a large lignotuber; young flush foliage dark blood-red or pinkish red, leaves coriaceous, yellowish green above, whitish green below; rhachises red, calyces with a green tube and scarlet lobes, fleshy corollas scarlet with green lobes, style red, corollas fall early to leave persistent calyces. A small population locally and also common around Chilla. Phenology of specimen: Flower.
Habitat:

Elfin ericaceous scrub on rocky outcrops.
Other:

Specimen Notes: See also fluid-preserved collection (NY 03227882)
Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 689036
GUID: 1cf58606-898b-499a-b2fd-80b331cdd2a5
Map:

Coordinates: (-3.47, -79.55)

Distribution:

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