Taxon Details: Cavendishia nobilis var. capitata (Benth.) Luteyn
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Family:

Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:

Cavendishia nobilis var. capitata (Benth.) Luteyn
Primary Citation:

Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 35: 157. 1983
Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.
Basionym:

Thibaudia capitata Benth.
Synonyms:

Thibaudia capitata Benth.
Proclesia capitata (Benth.) Klotzsch
Chupalon capitatum (Benth.) Kuntze
Cavendishia capitata (Benth.) Hoerold
Description:

Description: Leaves (9-)11-16(-19) x (3.5-)4-9.5 cm, usually less than 3 times as long as broad; 5(-7)-plinerved with the outer pair of lateral nerves usually very weak, inner pair of lateral nerves arising 0.5-1.5 cm above base, veinlets usually drying a lighter color than lamina and therefore very conspicuous. Inflorescence bracts glabrous; pedicels (2-)3.5-8 mm long and 2-3.5 mm diam., relatively stout; bracteoles usually linear, sometimes oblong, (4-)7-8(-10) mm long, usually touching hypanthium base or overlapping it nearly to the limb junction. Flowers: calyx 7-10 mm long; lobes 2.5-4.5 mm long; corolla (22-)26-34 mmm long, glabrous.

Distribution: Endemic to S Ecuador, where it is found in cloud forest at the provincial border of Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe E into Zamora-Chinchipe Prov. at elevations of 825-3050(-3500) m.

Type: Ecuador. Loja: Mt. Yangana, Oct 1841 (fl), Hartweg 786* (holotype: K, photo NY neg. 9440; isotypes: BM, CGE--2 sheets, G, K, LD, LE, W, photos ACS neg. 117, F. neg. 28919, NY neg. 9439).

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Cavendishia nobilis var. capitata (Benth.) Luteyn: [Article] Luteyn, James L. 1983. Ericaceae--part I. Cavendishia. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 35: 1-290.
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