Taxon Details: Cavendishia linearifolia Luteyn & J.F.Morales
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Family:
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:
Cavendishia linearifolia Luteyn & J.F.Morales
Cavendishia linearifolia Luteyn & J.F.Morales
Primary Citation:
Brittonia 48: 516. 1996
Brittonia 48: 516. 1996
Accepted Name:
This name is currently accepted.
This name is currently accepted.
Description:
Description: Pendent, epiphytic shrub; stem terete or subterete, striate, glabrous; twigs terete, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, linear, (6-)7.5-15 x 0.3-0.7 cm, base cuneate, apex acute, margin strongly revolute, glabrous, but somewhat punctate on both surfaces from deciduous fimbriae borne in slight depressions; apparently pinnately nerved, midrib impressed above, raised and conspicuous beneath, lateral nerves obscure (if present), reticulate veinlets obscure to inconspicuous but slightly raised when present; petiole terete or subterete, rugose, 1-3 mm long and ca. 1 mm diam., glabrous. Inflorescence subspherical, racemose, 4-11-flowered; rachis subterete, smooth, 1-2 cm long, glabrous; floral bract smooth, obovate or oblong-obovate, 14-24 x 4-7(-10) mm, base cuneate or attenuate, apex obtuse, glabrous, dark pink when fresh; pedicel striate, sometimes rugose, 4-6(-7) mm long and ca. 1 mm diam., glabrous; bracteoles basal, oblong, ca. 0.5 mm long, marginally with 3-4 oblong, callose-fimbriae at the very tip. Flowers with calyx 6-8 mm long, glabrous, dark rose; hypanthium smooth, 1.5-2.5 mm long and ca. 1.5 mm diam., the base apophysate with the margin somewhat undulate; limb tubular-campanulate, smooth to striate, 4-5.5 mm long including the lobes; lobes triangular, 1.5-3 mm long, erect after anthesis, marginally glandular callose-thickened with 1 or 2 thickened fimbriae proximally and these coalescing into a supramarginal gland on either side at the apex; sinuses obtuse; corolla cylindric but narrowed at the throat, 1.6-1.8 cm long and 3.5-5 mm diam., glabrous, pink, the lobes erect, triangular, acute, 1-1.5 mm long, white; stamens of overall equal length, 1.3-1.8 cm long; filaments alternately ca. 2.5 mm and ca. 4 mm long, glabrous; anthers alternately ca. 1.7 cm and ca. 1.5 cm long; thecae ca. 4-5 mm long; tubules ca. 10-11 mm long; style 1.5-1.8 cm long, glabrous. Berry not seen.
Distribution: Endemic to Costa Rica (Puntarenas Prov., Golfito area), at 100-200 m elevation.
Type: Costa Rica. Puntarenas: Golfito, along road to Río Bonito, 8°41'00"N, 83°13'10"W, 200 m, 28 Jan 1992 (fl), G. Herrera 5037 (holotype: NY; isotypes: CR, INB, K, MO, US).
Description: Pendent, epiphytic shrub; stem terete or subterete, striate, glabrous; twigs terete, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, linear, (6-)7.5-15 x 0.3-0.7 cm, base cuneate, apex acute, margin strongly revolute, glabrous, but somewhat punctate on both surfaces from deciduous fimbriae borne in slight depressions; apparently pinnately nerved, midrib impressed above, raised and conspicuous beneath, lateral nerves obscure (if present), reticulate veinlets obscure to inconspicuous but slightly raised when present; petiole terete or subterete, rugose, 1-3 mm long and ca. 1 mm diam., glabrous. Inflorescence subspherical, racemose, 4-11-flowered; rachis subterete, smooth, 1-2 cm long, glabrous; floral bract smooth, obovate or oblong-obovate, 14-24 x 4-7(-10) mm, base cuneate or attenuate, apex obtuse, glabrous, dark pink when fresh; pedicel striate, sometimes rugose, 4-6(-7) mm long and ca. 1 mm diam., glabrous; bracteoles basal, oblong, ca. 0.5 mm long, marginally with 3-4 oblong, callose-fimbriae at the very tip. Flowers with calyx 6-8 mm long, glabrous, dark rose; hypanthium smooth, 1.5-2.5 mm long and ca. 1.5 mm diam., the base apophysate with the margin somewhat undulate; limb tubular-campanulate, smooth to striate, 4-5.5 mm long including the lobes; lobes triangular, 1.5-3 mm long, erect after anthesis, marginally glandular callose-thickened with 1 or 2 thickened fimbriae proximally and these coalescing into a supramarginal gland on either side at the apex; sinuses obtuse; corolla cylindric but narrowed at the throat, 1.6-1.8 cm long and 3.5-5 mm diam., glabrous, pink, the lobes erect, triangular, acute, 1-1.5 mm long, white; stamens of overall equal length, 1.3-1.8 cm long; filaments alternately ca. 2.5 mm and ca. 4 mm long, glabrous; anthers alternately ca. 1.7 cm and ca. 1.5 cm long; thecae ca. 4-5 mm long; tubules ca. 10-11 mm long; style 1.5-1.8 cm long, glabrous. Berry not seen.
Distribution: Endemic to Costa Rica (Puntarenas Prov., Golfito area), at 100-200 m elevation.
Type: Costa Rica. Puntarenas: Golfito, along road to Río Bonito, 8°41'00"N, 83°13'10"W, 200 m, 28 Jan 1992 (fl), G. Herrera 5037 (holotype: NY; isotypes: CR, INB, K, MO, US).