Taxon Details: Demosthenesia oppositifolia Luteyn
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Family:
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:
Demosthenesia oppositifolia Luteyn
Demosthenesia oppositifolia Luteyn
Primary Citation:
Brittonia 30: 434. 1978
Brittonia 30: 434. 1978
Accepted Name:
This name is currently accepted.
This name is currently accepted.
Description:
Description: "Multiple-stemmed, stiff, ascending 4-10 ft shrub" or "epiphytic shrub festooning from trees" (fide label data). Mature stems terete, glabrous, with epidermis cracking into a reticulum exposing a dark, reddish-brown bark; immature stems subterete, blunt
Distribution: Endemic to Peru, and known only from three collectins from the type locality
Type: Peru. Cuzco: La Convención, Cordillera Vilcabamba, in dense elfin forest between Camp 6 at 3100-3300 m and summit ridges of Vilcabamba at Camp 7 at 3400-3600 m, more particularly abundant at the higher altitudes in grassland meadows and heathland
Description: "Multiple-stemmed, stiff, ascending 4-10 ft shrub" or "epiphytic shrub festooning from trees" (fide label data). Mature stems terete, glabrous, with epidermis cracking into a reticulum exposing a dark, reddish-brown bark; immature stems subterete, blunt
Distribution: Endemic to Peru, and known only from three collectins from the type locality
Type: Peru. Cuzco: La Convención, Cordillera Vilcabamba, in dense elfin forest between Camp 6 at 3100-3300 m and summit ridges of Vilcabamba at Camp 7 at 3400-3600 m, more particularly abundant at the higher altitudes in grassland meadows and heathland