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Family:

Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

Primary Citation:

J. Arnold Arbor. 65: 310. 1984

Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.

Description:

Description: Shrub (to small tree) to 3(-4) m tall; twigs glabrous. Leaves with petiole 4-11.5 mm long; blade (2.5-)3.5-10(-12.5) x 0.9-3.3 cm, base cuneate to rounded, abaxial surface glabrous. Inflorescences to 6-13 cm long; rachis glabrous or essentially so; pedicels glabrous. Flowers with corolla red (white), 10.5-16 mm long; filaments 6.5-8.5 mm long; anthers 2-2.2 mm long; ovary glabrous. Capsules 3.5-5.5 x 5.5-8 mm.

Distribution: Endemic to south-central Brazil (from Bahia and N Minas Gerais east to Goiás and SE Mato Grosso), in scrub vegetation over sandstone, woodland and thickets, especially along rivers or streams, at ca. 700-1700 m alt. Flowering chiefly August through October.

Illustration: Judd (1995), fig. 8.

Type: Brazil. Bahia: Nr. Moritiba, Serra da Jacobina, 1842-1845, Blanchet 3562 (holotype, W, n.v.; isotypes, BR, n.v., C, F, G, GH, K, MO, P).

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Agarista oleifolia var. glabra (Meisn.) Judd: [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.