Taxon Details: Ledothamnus steyermarkii A.C.Sm.
Taxon Profile:
Narratives:
Family:
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:
Ledothamnus steyermarkii A.C.Sm.
Ledothamnus steyermarkii A.C.Sm.
Description:
Type: Venezuela. Bolívar: Ptari-tepui, south-facing slopes, on "Cave Rock," 1810 m, 29 Oct 1944 (fl, fr), Steyermark 59484 (holotype, F, photos NY neg. 10511 & F neg. 52536; isotypes, A, K, MO, NY, S, US). Strictly speaking the collection is mixed--the sheets at A, F, and NY representing L. steyermarkii s.s., while those at MO, US, and S representing L. guyanensis s.s.
Illustrated: Mem. New York Bot. Gard, 29: 151, fig. 77K-T. 1978.
Type: Venezuela. Bolívar: Ptari-tepui, south-facing slopes, on "Cave Rock," 1810 m, 29 Oct 1944 (fl, fr), Steyermark 59484 (holotype, F, photos NY neg. 10511 & F neg. 52536; isotypes, A, K, MO, NY, S, US). Strictly speaking the collection is mixed--the sheets at A, F, and NY representing L. steyermarkii s.s., while those at MO, US, and S representing L. guyanensis s.s.
Illustrated: Mem. New York Bot. Gard, 29: 151, fig. 77K-T. 1978.
Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):
Ledothamnus steyermarkii A.C.Sm.: [Article] 1953. Fieldiana, Bot. 28: 451.
Ledothamnus steyermarkii A.C.Sm.: [Article] 1953. Fieldiana, Bot. 28: 451.