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Family:

Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

Primary Citation:

Brittonia 41: 11. 1989

Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.

Type Specimens:

Specimen 1: Holotype -- J. L. Luteyn
Specimen 2: Holotype -- J. L. Luteyn

Description:

Description: Branchlets densely spreading to ascending hirsute but not appressed-strigose. Leaves hirsute beneath as well as short-glandular-setose. Calyx lobes only ciliolate.

Distribution: Known from southern Colombia south to the Cordillera Llanganates of central Ecuador. Rare.

Type: Ecuador. Imbabura: Ibarra to Mariano Acosta rd., 30 km E of Panamerican Hwy., 0°20'N, 78°3'W, 3680 m, 12 Jan 1985 (fl, fr), Luteyn & Cotton 11022 (holotype, NY; isotypes, AAU, CAS, COL, GB, MO, QCA, US).

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Gaultheria sclerophylla var. hirsuta Luteyn: [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.