Taxon Profile:

	The Plant List
	International Plant Name Index
	Tropicos
	Catalogue of Life
	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
	JSTOR Types
	JSTOR
	BHL
	Encyclopedia of Life
	WikiSpecies
	Google Scholar
	PubMed
	Morphbank
	IUCN
	National Center for Biotechnology Information
	Barcode of Life

Family:

Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

Primary Citation:

Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 68: 157. 1981

Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.

Type Specimens:

Specimen 1: Isotype -- J. P. Folsom

Description:

Description: Leaves usually strong-bullate; 5-7-plinerved with midrib and lateral nerves moderately to strongly impressed above and conspicuously raised beneath, veinlets slightly raised above and usually obscure beneath; petioles inconspicuously puberulent. Rachis (2.5-)6-10.5 cm long; bracteoles ovate to oblong-ovate. Hypanthium moderately to conspicuously apophysate; corolla glabrous or only weakly puberulous the distal 1/3.

Distribution: Found only in Panama (Cerro Colorado, Chiriquí Prov., and N of El Copé, Coclé Prov.) and in Costa Rica (Alajuela and Puntarenas Prov.), in cloud forest, at elevations of 700-1750 m (see Luteyn, 1996).

Conservation Status: Rare and endangered.

Type: Panama. Coclé: 7 km N of El Copé, nr. Rivera sawmill, 700-850 m, 10 Sep 1977 (fl), Folsom 5239 (holotype, MO, photo NY neg. 10575; isotype, NY).

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Cavendishia chiriquiensis var. bullata Luteyn: [Article] Luteyn, James L. 1983. Ericaceae--part I. Cavendishia. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 35: 1-290.