Taxon Details: Agarista niederleinii (Sleumer) Judd var. niederleinii
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Family:

Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:

Agarista niederleinii (Sleumer) Judd var. niederleinii
Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.
Description:

Description: Leaves with petiole 1.5-4.5 mm long; blade 0.6-2.8 x 0.3-0.9, flat to moderately abaxially curved, apex usually obtuse- to rounded- or retuse-mucronate, margin plane to revolute. Inflorescences to 1.5-3.5(-4.5) cm long; bracteoles narrowly triangular to

Distribution: Endemic to SE Brazil (from Paraná south to Rio Grande do Sul in Serra do Mar), in cloud forests, thickets, and open, rocky crests and slopes, at 850-2000 m alt. Flowering November and December (to February).

Type: Brazil. Santa Catarina: Campos de los Rios Chopim y Chapecó, Palmas Altas, Jan 1887, Niederlein 2006 (holotype, B, destroyed). Santa Catarina: Monte Cristo, Garuva, Sao Francisco do Sul, Reitz & Klein 5889 (neotype, designated by Judd (1984), S;

Illustration: Judd (1995), fig. 13.

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Agarista niederleinii (Sleumer) Judd var. niederleinii: [Article] Luteyn, James L., et al. 1995. Ericaceae, Part II. The Superior-Ovaried Genera (Monotropoideae, Pyroloideae, Rhododendroideae, and Vaccinioideae P.P.). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 66: 560.