Taxon Details: Gaultheria strigosa Benth. var. strigosa
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Family:

Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:

Gaultheria strigosa Benth. var. strigosa
Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.
Common Names:

gallo rruro, huevo de gallo
Description:

Description: Leaves with surface ± smooth, margins nearly plane to only slightly revolute, (1.5-)1.7-5.5(-9) x 1-1.6)-4) cm, base acute to cuneate, remotely but regularly crenate; indumentum of lower surface ± scattered regularly over the lamina. Inflorescence 4-8(-13)-flowered. Calyx densely strigose (glabrous); staminal filaments glabrous. Fruiting calyx blue-black when mature.

Distribution: Rather common in Colombia, but rare in extreme W Venezuela and collected only twice in central Peru at elevations of (1800-)2400-3400(-3700) m.

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Gaultheria strigosa Benth. var. strigosa: [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.
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Collector unspecified 213
Gaultheria strigosa Benth. var. strigosa
J. Jaramillo 10696, Ecuador
G. W. Harling 8190, Ecuador
H. H. van der Werff 9289, Ecuador
L. Ellemann 66879, Ecuador
H. Vargas 409, Ecuador
J. E. Madsen 85627, Ecuador
P. Franco Rosselli s.n., Colombia
K. von Sneidern 2504, Colombia
N. R. Salinas 242, Colombia
G. Lozano-Contreras 3553, Colombia
W. H. Camp E-738, Ecuador
J. L. Luteyn 9910, Venezuela
J. L. Luteyn 6780, Colombia
J. L. Luteyn 10329, Colombia
J. L. Luteyn 11298, Ecuador
J. L. Luteyn 11173, Ecuador
J. L. Luteyn 5070, Colombia
J. L. Luteyn 10332, Colombia
J. L. Luteyn 4976, Colombia
J. L. Luteyn 5010, Colombia
J. L. Luteyn 7101, Colombia
J. L. Luteyn 13408, Ecuador
J. L. Luteyn LUTEYN 14126, Ecuador
J. L. Luteyn LUTEYN 14495, Ecuador
J. L. Luteyn 12942, Colombia
J. L. Luteyn 10109, Colombia
J. L. Luteyn 11819, Colombia
L. J. Dorr 6561, Ecuador
L. J. Dorr 5969, Ecuador
J. Cuatrecasas 8567, Colombia
B. Øllgaard 58130, Ecuador
L. B. Holm-Nielsen 29830, Ecuador
P. M. Jørgensen 1803, Ecuador
J. L. Luteyn 11195, Ecuador
L. B. Holm-Nielsen 29447, Ecuador
B. Øllgaard 58575, Ecuador
J. L. Luteyn LUTEYN 14297, Ecuador
L. A. de Escobar 5596, Colombia
L. A. de Escobar 7578, Colombia
L. A. de Escobar 6219, Colombia
G. P. Lewis 3021, Ecuador
J. Perea 1854, Peru
C. Díaz Santibañez 8840, Peru
E. M. Ortiz Valencia 236, Peru
J. Campos 5646, Peru
C. Díaz 3826, Peru
J. D. Boeke 2129, Peru
W. A. Palacios 12864, Ecuador
E. Narvaez 236, Ecuador
J. L. Luteyn 15358, Ecuador
J. L. Luteyn 15211, Colombia