Taxon Details: Agarista pulchella var. cordifolia (Meisn.) Judd
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Family:
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:
Agarista pulchella var. cordifolia (Meisn.) Judd
Agarista pulchella var. cordifolia (Meisn.) Judd
Primary Citation:
J. Arnold Arbor. 65: 316. 1984
J. Arnold Arbor. 65: 316. 1984
Accepted Name:
This name is currently accepted.
This name is currently accepted.
Synonyms:
Leucothoe cordifolia Meisn.
Agarista cordifolia (Meisn.) Hook.f. ex Nied.
Leucothoe pulchella var. cordifolia (Meisn.) Sleumer
Leucothoe cordifolia Meisn.
Agarista cordifolia (Meisn.) Hook.f. ex Nied.
Leucothoe pulchella var. cordifolia (Meisn.) Sleumer
Description:
Description: Shrub to 1.5 m tall; twigs moderately to densely pubescent. Leaves with petiole 1.5-3 mm long; blade 0.5-3.5 x 0.4-2 cm, margin often clearly undulate; adaxial and abaxial surfaces ± sparsely pubescent on midvein. Inflorescences axillary racemes to (1.5-)2-5.5 cm long; rachis densely pubescent. Flowers with corolla 6.5-10 x 3.5-5.5 mm; filaments 4-4.5(?) mm long. Capsules 2.5-5 x 4.5-8 mm, placentae usually subapical; seeds ca. 0.8-1.7 mm long.
Distribution: Endemic to SE Brazil (Minas Gerais and adjacent São Paulo), in dry, rocky campo, at ca. 1600-1700(?) m alt. Flowering March, June, July, and October through December.
Type: Brazil. Minas Gerais: Serra do São Joao d'El Rey and Serra de São José, Jun 1824, Riedel 308 (holotype, LE, n.v.; isotype, NY).
Description: Shrub to 1.5 m tall; twigs moderately to densely pubescent. Leaves with petiole 1.5-3 mm long; blade 0.5-3.5 x 0.4-2 cm, margin often clearly undulate; adaxial and abaxial surfaces ± sparsely pubescent on midvein. Inflorescences axillary racemes to (1.5-)2-5.5 cm long; rachis densely pubescent. Flowers with corolla 6.5-10 x 3.5-5.5 mm; filaments 4-4.5(?) mm long. Capsules 2.5-5 x 4.5-8 mm, placentae usually subapical; seeds ca. 0.8-1.7 mm long.
Distribution: Endemic to SE Brazil (Minas Gerais and adjacent São Paulo), in dry, rocky campo, at ca. 1600-1700(?) m alt. Flowering March, June, July, and October through December.
Type: Brazil. Minas Gerais: Serra do São Joao d'El Rey and Serra de São José, Jun 1824, Riedel 308 (holotype, LE, n.v.; isotype, NY).
Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):
Agarista pulchella var. cordifolia (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.
Agarista pulchella var. cordifolia (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.