Taxon Details: Lyonia libanensis Urb.
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Family:
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:
Lyonia libanensis Urb.
Lyonia libanensis Urb.
Primary Citation:
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 43. 1925
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 43. 1925
Description:
Description: Buds ovoid, 1-1.8 x 0.8-1.1 mm. Leaf blades elliptic to ovate or slightly obovate, 1.2-4.5(-6) x 0.8-3(-3.5) cm, ± flat; base cuneate to rounded or slightly cordate; margin plane to slightly revolute (± strongly revolute); adaxial surface with midvein ± flat or only slightly depressed, the 2o veins obscure to visible and flat, forming ± acute angle with midvein; abaxial surface usually densely pubescent (sparsely pubescent near margin or apex); scales usually ± erose, usually deciduous; petiole (2.5-)3-7.5 mm long. Flowers with calyx lobes 1.6-3(-4) x 1-2 mm; corolla 4.5-8 x 3-4.7 mm; filaments 2.5-4 mm long; anthers 1.2-1.6 mm long. Capsules 4-9 x 4.5-7 mm.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba (Prov. Oriente, Sierra de Nipe, Sierra de Cristal, on Monte Libano, and on plateau near Moa), in moist forests ("monte"), thickets ("Charrascal"), and open forests of Pinus cubensis ("pinar"), at ca. 300-1000 m elev. Flowering mainly February through May.
Illustration: Judd (1995), fig. 20.
Type: Cuba. Oriente: nr. Guantánamo, in Monte Libano toward San Fernandez, ca. 700 m, 24 Dec 1919, Ekman 10266 (holotype, S; frag. of holotype, NY).
Description: Buds ovoid, 1-1.8 x 0.8-1.1 mm. Leaf blades elliptic to ovate or slightly obovate, 1.2-4.5(-6) x 0.8-3(-3.5) cm, ± flat; base cuneate to rounded or slightly cordate; margin plane to slightly revolute (± strongly revolute); adaxial surface with midvein ± flat or only slightly depressed, the 2o veins obscure to visible and flat, forming ± acute angle with midvein; abaxial surface usually densely pubescent (sparsely pubescent near margin or apex); scales usually ± erose, usually deciduous; petiole (2.5-)3-7.5 mm long. Flowers with calyx lobes 1.6-3(-4) x 1-2 mm; corolla 4.5-8 x 3-4.7 mm; filaments 2.5-4 mm long; anthers 1.2-1.6 mm long. Capsules 4-9 x 4.5-7 mm.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba (Prov. Oriente, Sierra de Nipe, Sierra de Cristal, on Monte Libano, and on plateau near Moa), in moist forests ("monte"), thickets ("Charrascal"), and open forests of Pinus cubensis ("pinar"), at ca. 300-1000 m elev. Flowering mainly February through May.
Illustration: Judd (1995), fig. 20.
Type: Cuba. Oriente: nr. Guantánamo, in Monte Libano toward San Fernandez, ca. 700 m, 24 Dec 1919, Ekman 10266 (holotype, S; frag. of holotype, NY).
Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):
Lyonia libanensis Urb.: [Article] 1925. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 43.
Lyonia libanensis Urb.: [Article] 1925. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 43.