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Family:

Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.

Description:

Description: Inflorescence (8-)15-25-flowered; rachis (1-)3-8(-13.5) cm long, often continuing to elongate even after lowermost flowers have dropped their corollas; floral bract 14-28 x 8-18 mm, apically rounded; pedicel 8-11(-16) mm long; bracteoles 2.5-4 mm long. Calyx 5-8.5 mm; limb 2.7-5 mm long; corolla 16-25 mm long and 5-6 mm diam.; stamen 14-18 mm long.

Distribution: Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; primary wet and rainforest to secondary montane cloud forest, especially in open or disturbed sites at 400-1960 m altitude.

Uses: Cultivated at ABG, E, NY.

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Cavendishia tarapotana (Meisn.) Benth. & Hook.f. var. tarapotana: [Article] Luteyn, James L. 1983. Ericaceae--part I. Cavendishia. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 35: 1-290.