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Family:

Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

Primary Citation:

Brittonia 41: 13. 1989

Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.

Common Names:

macha macha

Description:

Description: Erect shrub. Petioles and midrib of leaf lamina adaxially eglandular. Floral bract and bracteoles ca. 5, with surface pilose and ciliate; pedicels densely puberulent to short-pilose and also with eglandular, strigose hairs or rarely gland-tipped setae. Calyx lobes ciliate but marginally eglandular; corolla rotate-campanulate, gibbous at base, glabrous, pale yellowish-green; stamens ca. 2.5 mm long; filaments ca. 2 mm long, glabrous; anthers ca. 1 mm long; ovary weakly short-pilose or glabrous; style 2-3 mm long, glabrous.

Distribution: Found in ceja and grass-steppe areas of south-central Peru to northern Bolivia at elevations of 2000-3400 m. Flowering and fruiting throughout the year.

Type: Bolivia. Yungas: Chupe, D'Orbigny 395 (holotype, P, frags. F and NY; isotypes, G, photo F neg. 26630, W).

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Gaultheria buxifolia var. secunda (Remy) Luteyn: [Article] Luteyn, James L., et al. 1995. Ericaceae, Part II. The Superior-Ovaried Genera (Monotropoideae, Pyroloideae, Rhododendroideae, and Vaccinioideae P.P.). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 66: 560.