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Family:

Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

Primary Citation:

Brittonia 43: 173. 1991

Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.

Type Specimens:

Specimen 1: Isotype -- S. E. Clemants
Specimen 2: Holotype -- S. E. Clemants

Common Names:

matamoscas, mupa sacha

Description:

Description: Shrub to 3 m tall; bark fissured, densely glandular-hispid or glabrous, gray and brown; twigs subterete, brownish-gray to black, glandular-hispid (tomentose). Leaves coriaceous, flat or slightly revolute, elliptic to widely elliptic, 2.7-4.6 x 1.4-2.7 cm, base cuneate, obtuse, or truncate, apex obtuse, bluntly mucronate, margin entire, adaxial surfaces sparsely hispid, abaxial surfaces tomentose, usually glandular-hispid especially along midvein (glabrous); petiole semiterete, flattened abaxially, 3.5-6 mm long, glandular-hispid (tomentose or glabrous). Inflorescence terminal, axillary, or both, racemose, 9-13-flowered; rachis 3-15 cm long, 1.4-2.8 mm in diam., orange to brown, densely glandular-hispid, often tomentose (glabrous); pedicel ascending, 13-46 mm long, 0.5-1 mm in diam., glandular-hispid or tomentose (glabrous); bracteoles inserted on basal 1/2 of pedicel, narrowly ovate or oblong, flat or slightly involute, 1.3-4.7 x 0.4-1 mm, apex acute to acuminate, margin glandular-ciliate, both surfaces glandular-hispid or tomentose (glabrous); floral bracts narrowly ovate to ovate, flat or revolute, 6.7-7(-30) x 1.2-2.8 mm, base cuneate or obtuse, apex acute to obtuse, margin entire, both surfaces glandular-hispid, sometimes tomentose (glabrous). Flowers 7(-8)-merous; calyx 4.9-5.8 mm long; tube 1.9-3.1 mm long, 4-6.4 mm in diam., brown, sometimes with maroon edges, glandular-hispid; lobes ovate to widely ovate or triangular, apex acute to obtuse, 1.8-3.9 x 1.8-3.9, longest lobe 2.8-3.9 mm long, margin entire or glandular-ciliate (ciliolate), abaxial surface glandular-hispid or tomentose; corolla infundibular, white, pink, dark magenta, or purple, petals spatulate, 30-39 x 8-13 mm, margin undulate, distally slightly tomentose; stamens included or subequal to corolla, 26-41 mm long; filaments tomentose; anther 2.3-3.5 mm long, 1-1.4 mm broad, glabrous; ovary glabrous; style slightly to long exserted, 33-46 mm long; stigma capitate or slightly lobed. Capsules depressed obovoid, 5-6 mm long, 9-10 mm in diam., brown, exocarp not separating from the valves; seeds 1.1-1.9 mm long, 0.3-0.4 mm in diam.

Distribution: Endemic to the open shrublands of Amazonas, Peru, at elevations of 1500-3000 m. It flowers from August to March and bears fruit from February to March.

Local Names: matamoscas, mupa sacha (Amazonas).

Illustrations: Clemants (1995), figs. 9G and 12A-C.

Type: Peru. Amazonas: Prov. Chachapoyas, ca. 5 km SW of Chachapoyas on rd. to Bagua, 2420 m, 11 Jun 1982 (fl), Clemants & Fernández 2007 (holotype: NY; isotypes: USM, NY, MO, US, AAU, CAS).

Source: http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/lut2/

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Bejaria infundibula Clemants: [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.