Taxon Details: Bejaria zamorae Clemants
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Family:
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:
Bejaria zamorae Clemants
Bejaria zamorae Clemants
Primary Citation:
Brittonia 43: 171. 1991
Brittonia 43: 171. 1991
Accepted Name:
This name is currently accepted.
This name is currently accepted.
Description:
Description: Shrub to 5 m tall; bark slightly fissured, glabrous, gray to dark gray; twigs subterete, dark gray or dark brown, glandular-hispid. Leaves coriaceous, flat, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 4.2-7.6 x 1.25-3.1 cm, base cuneate (obtuse), apex acuminate or cuspidate, margin glandular-ciliate, both surfaces glabrous or adaxial surface and midvein glandular-hispid; petiole subterete, flattened adaxially, 4-7 mm long, glandular-hispid. Inflorescence a terminal raceme, 9-12-flowered; rachis 2.2-9.2 cm long, 0.8-1.1 mm diam., dark gray or dark brown, glandular-hispid; pedicels ascending, 21-35 mm long, 0.2-0.4 mm diam., glandular-hispid; bracteoles inserted on basal 1/2 of the pedicel, linear to narrowly ovate, involute, 2.4-3.8 x 0.3-0.4 mm, base truncate, apex acuminate, margin glandular-ciliate, both surfaces glabrous or glandular-hispid; floral bracts narrowly ovate, flat or sometimes involute, 3-5 x 0.6-0.9 mm, base cuneate, apex acuminate to acute, margin glandular-ciliate, both surfaces glabrous or the abaxial surface glandular-hispid. Flowers 7-merous; calyx 4.1-4.2 mm long; tube 1.5-2.2 mm long, 2.9-4 mm diam., dark brown to brown, glandular-hispid; lobes widely ovate, 2.2-3 x 1.7-3.3 mm, apex acute, longest lobe 2.6-3 mm long, margin entire or ciliolate, abaxial surface glandular-hispid, tomentose or glabrous; corolla tubular, pink, petals undulate, narrowly obovate, 21.5-31 x 4-6.5 mm, margin entire, distally slightly tomentose; stamens exserted less than 1.2 times the petal length or subequal to corolla, 24.5-32.5 mm long; filaments tomentose; anthers 2.1-2.5 mm long, 0.6-1.3 mm wide, glabrous; ovary glabrous; style exserted, ca. 36.5 mm long; stigma capitate. Capsules not seen; seeds not seen.
Distribution: Endemic to Ecuador, to the montane forest of the Río Zamora valley (Zamora-Chinchipe Prov.), at ca. 2000 m alt. Known from only two collections. Flowering specimens were collected in late June to early July.
Illustrations: Clemants (1995), fig. 13J-M.
Conservation Status: Rare and endangered.
Type: Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe: 'Oriente', Río Zamora valley, E of Loja, ridge across the river from the village of Zamora, 1970 m, 28 Jun-1 Jul 1944 (fl), Camp E-28 (holotype: NY; isotype, S).
Source: http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/lut2/
Description: Shrub to 5 m tall; bark slightly fissured, glabrous, gray to dark gray; twigs subterete, dark gray or dark brown, glandular-hispid. Leaves coriaceous, flat, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 4.2-7.6 x 1.25-3.1 cm, base cuneate (obtuse), apex acuminate or cuspidate, margin glandular-ciliate, both surfaces glabrous or adaxial surface and midvein glandular-hispid; petiole subterete, flattened adaxially, 4-7 mm long, glandular-hispid. Inflorescence a terminal raceme, 9-12-flowered; rachis 2.2-9.2 cm long, 0.8-1.1 mm diam., dark gray or dark brown, glandular-hispid; pedicels ascending, 21-35 mm long, 0.2-0.4 mm diam., glandular-hispid; bracteoles inserted on basal 1/2 of the pedicel, linear to narrowly ovate, involute, 2.4-3.8 x 0.3-0.4 mm, base truncate, apex acuminate, margin glandular-ciliate, both surfaces glabrous or glandular-hispid; floral bracts narrowly ovate, flat or sometimes involute, 3-5 x 0.6-0.9 mm, base cuneate, apex acuminate to acute, margin glandular-ciliate, both surfaces glabrous or the abaxial surface glandular-hispid. Flowers 7-merous; calyx 4.1-4.2 mm long; tube 1.5-2.2 mm long, 2.9-4 mm diam., dark brown to brown, glandular-hispid; lobes widely ovate, 2.2-3 x 1.7-3.3 mm, apex acute, longest lobe 2.6-3 mm long, margin entire or ciliolate, abaxial surface glandular-hispid, tomentose or glabrous; corolla tubular, pink, petals undulate, narrowly obovate, 21.5-31 x 4-6.5 mm, margin entire, distally slightly tomentose; stamens exserted less than 1.2 times the petal length or subequal to corolla, 24.5-32.5 mm long; filaments tomentose; anthers 2.1-2.5 mm long, 0.6-1.3 mm wide, glabrous; ovary glabrous; style exserted, ca. 36.5 mm long; stigma capitate. Capsules not seen; seeds not seen.
Distribution: Endemic to Ecuador, to the montane forest of the Río Zamora valley (Zamora-Chinchipe Prov.), at ca. 2000 m alt. Known from only two collections. Flowering specimens were collected in late June to early July.
Illustrations: Clemants (1995), fig. 13J-M.
Conservation Status: Rare and endangered.
Type: Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe: 'Oriente', Río Zamora valley, E of Loja, ridge across the river from the village of Zamora, 1970 m, 28 Jun-1 Jul 1944 (fl), Camp E-28 (holotype: NY; isotype, S).
Source: http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/lut2/
Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):
Bejaria zamorae 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.
Bejaria zamorae 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.