Taxon Details – Ericaceae

Taxon Details: Cavendishia melastomoides var. coloradensis Luteyn

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Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

Scientific Name:

Cavendishia melastomoides var. coloradensis Luteyn

Primary Citation:

Notes on neotropical Vaccinieae (Ericaceae) III. New and noteworthy species from Mexico and Central America
Brittonia 28: 401. 1976

Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.

Type Specimens:

Specimen 1: Holotype -- S. A. Mori

Description:

Description: Rachis (2-)2.5-7 cm long, with or without scattered clavate glandular fimbriae; floral bracts caducous or persistent, oblong to somewhat oblanceolate, 6-22 x 3-12 mm, apically rounded or slightly notched, callose-apiculate, pink to red when fresh; pedicels 10-19 mm long, with or without glands as rachis; bracteoles broadly ovate to semiorbicular, callose-apiculate. Corolla viscid, 29-32 mm long, glabrous or weakly pilose distal 1/2, rarely distally arcuate, blue; stamens 27-29 mm long; filaments glabrous or pilose ventrally, alternately 3.5-4 mm and 8-11 mm long; anthers alternately 25-27 mm and 20-21 mm long; style ca. 31 mm long.

Distribution: Endemic to Panama, where is has been collected at Cerro Colorado and in the vicinity of the Fortuna dam site (both Chiriquí Prov.), in cloud forest, at elevations of 1050-1750 m.

Type: Panama. Chiriquí: Cerro Colorado, 50 km N of San Félix on the continental divide, 1200-1500 m, 12 Aug 1975 (fl), Mori & Dressler 7776 (holotype: NY, photo NY neg. 9811; isotype: DUKE, MO, photo NY neg. 9249).

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

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Cavendishia melastomoides var. coloradensis Luteyn: [Article] Luteyn, James L. 1983. Ericaceae--part I. Cavendishia. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 35: 1-290.
Cavendishia melastomoides var. coloradensis Luteyn: [Article] Luteyn, James L. 1976. A revision of the Mexican Central American species of Cavendishia (Vacciniaceae). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 28 (3): 1-138.