Taxon Details: Gaultheria purpurascens Kunth
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Family:

Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:

Gaultheria purpurascens Kunth
Primary Citation:

Nov. Gen. Sp. (Kunth) 3: 882. 1819
Description:

Type: Colombia. Cundinamarca: Páramo de Cruz Verde above Bogotá, Oct l802 (fr), Humboldt s.n. (holotype, P-H & B, photo NY neg. s.n.; isotypes, B destroyed WW II, photo F neg. 4759, HAL, P).