Taxon Details: Sphyrospermum standleyi A.C.Sm.
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Family:
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:
Sphyrospermum standleyi A.C.Sm.
Sphyrospermum standleyi A.C.Sm.
Primary Citation:
Brittonia 1(4): 210. 1933
Brittonia 1(4): 210. 1933
Accepted Name:
This name is currently accepted.
This name is currently accepted.
Description:
Description: Straggly, epiphytic or terrestrial shrub 4-6(-10) dm tall with subrugose and cinerous branchlets. Leaves subcoriaceous, ovate to lance ovate, 4.5-6 x 2-2.8 cm, basally rounded or obtuse, apically obtuse, entire; either 5-nerved from the base or 5-plinerved, the midvein and secondary nerves flush above slightly impressed and elevated beneath, the veinlets obscure or slightly raised beneath; petioles subterete, 1.5-2 mm long. Inflorescence of axillary or cauliflorous, solitary or paired flowers; pedicels 7-15 mm long, swollen distally. Flowers 4-merous; calyx hypanthium campanulate, strigillose with dark trichomes 0.1 mm long but neither pilose nor puberulent, slightly 4-angled, 1-1.5 x 1.5 mm; limb suberect, 0.8 mm long; lobes apiculate; corolla membranaceous, short cylindrical, 2-2.3 mm long and 1 mm diam., the lobes deltate, acute, ca. 0.3 mm long; stamens 4, slightly shorter than the corolla; filaments stramineous, ca. 1.2 mm long; anthers membranaceous, ca. 1 mm long; tubules as long as the anther sacs. Berry white, subglobose, 3-5 mm diam.
Distribution: Costa Rica and Panama.
Type: Costa Rica. Cartago: near Orosi, Standley 39622 (holotype: US, photos DUKE, NY).
Description: Straggly, epiphytic or terrestrial shrub 4-6(-10) dm tall with subrugose and cinerous branchlets. Leaves subcoriaceous, ovate to lance ovate, 4.5-6 x 2-2.8 cm, basally rounded or obtuse, apically obtuse, entire; either 5-nerved from the base or 5-plinerved, the midvein and secondary nerves flush above slightly impressed and elevated beneath, the veinlets obscure or slightly raised beneath; petioles subterete, 1.5-2 mm long. Inflorescence of axillary or cauliflorous, solitary or paired flowers; pedicels 7-15 mm long, swollen distally. Flowers 4-merous; calyx hypanthium campanulate, strigillose with dark trichomes 0.1 mm long but neither pilose nor puberulent, slightly 4-angled, 1-1.5 x 1.5 mm; limb suberect, 0.8 mm long; lobes apiculate; corolla membranaceous, short cylindrical, 2-2.3 mm long and 1 mm diam., the lobes deltate, acute, ca. 0.3 mm long; stamens 4, slightly shorter than the corolla; filaments stramineous, ca. 1.2 mm long; anthers membranaceous, ca. 1 mm long; tubules as long as the anther sacs. Berry white, subglobose, 3-5 mm diam.
Distribution: Costa Rica and Panama.
Type: Costa Rica. Cartago: near Orosi, Standley 39622 (holotype: US, photos DUKE, NY).