Taxon Details: Sphyrospermum ellipticum Sleumer
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Family:
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:
Sphyrospermum ellipticum Sleumer
Sphyrospermum ellipticum Sleumer
Primary Citation:
Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 41(1046/1058): 121. 1936
Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 41(1046/1058): 121. 1936
Accepted Name:
This name is currently accepted.
This name is currently accepted.
Description:
Description: Epiphytic shrub; stem thin, elongate, terete, glabrous; twigs short-puberulent. Leaves subcoriaceous, rounded-elliptic or broadly subovate-elliptic, (1.5-)2.8-3.7 x 2.3-3 cm, base rounded or slightly cordate, apex rounded or nearly so, margin entire; obscurely 3-5-plinerved from the base, midrib and lateral nerves slightly raised beneath, reticulate veinlets obscure; petiole ca. 2 mm long. Inflorescence axillary, solitary; floral bract not seen; pedicel terete, striate, 5-9 mm long, glabrous; bracteoles nearly basal or located just below the middle of the pedicel, aristate, ca. 0.3 mm long. Flowers 4-merous, with calyx densely grayish pilose; hypanthium subglobose, abruptly contracted at apex, ca. 2 mm diam.; limb campanulate; lobes deltate, acute, ca. 0.4 mm long; sinuses rounded; corolla membranous, subcylindric, somewhat inflated at the middle, 3-3.5 mm long and ca. 1.5 mm diam., short-pubescent, "rosaceous,"; stamens 4, ca. 2.8 mm long; filaments ca. 1.6 mm long, subglabrous; anthers ca. 1.2 mm long; thecae smooth, ca. 0.6 mm long; tubules ca. 0.6 mm long; style filiform, ca. 3 mm long, glabrous. Berry spherical, ca. 3.5 mm diam., pilose.
Distribution: Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, and Guyana; rainforest and cloud forest at 150-900 m altitude.
Type: Ecuador. Pichincha: San Carlos de los Colorados, 150 m, 26 Sep 1935 (fl, fr), Schultze-Rhonhof 1917 (holotype: B?; lectotype, designated by Luteyn, 1966: K, photo NY s.n.).
Cultivated: NY.
Description: Epiphytic shrub; stem thin, elongate, terete, glabrous; twigs short-puberulent. Leaves subcoriaceous, rounded-elliptic or broadly subovate-elliptic, (1.5-)2.8-3.7 x 2.3-3 cm, base rounded or slightly cordate, apex rounded or nearly so, margin entire; obscurely 3-5-plinerved from the base, midrib and lateral nerves slightly raised beneath, reticulate veinlets obscure; petiole ca. 2 mm long. Inflorescence axillary, solitary; floral bract not seen; pedicel terete, striate, 5-9 mm long, glabrous; bracteoles nearly basal or located just below the middle of the pedicel, aristate, ca. 0.3 mm long. Flowers 4-merous, with calyx densely grayish pilose; hypanthium subglobose, abruptly contracted at apex, ca. 2 mm diam.; limb campanulate; lobes deltate, acute, ca. 0.4 mm long; sinuses rounded; corolla membranous, subcylindric, somewhat inflated at the middle, 3-3.5 mm long and ca. 1.5 mm diam., short-pubescent, "rosaceous,"; stamens 4, ca. 2.8 mm long; filaments ca. 1.6 mm long, subglabrous; anthers ca. 1.2 mm long; thecae smooth, ca. 0.6 mm long; tubules ca. 0.6 mm long; style filiform, ca. 3 mm long, glabrous. Berry spherical, ca. 3.5 mm diam., pilose.
Distribution: Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, and Guyana; rainforest and cloud forest at 150-900 m altitude.
Type: Ecuador. Pichincha: San Carlos de los Colorados, 150 m, 26 Sep 1935 (fl, fr), Schultze-Rhonhof 1917 (holotype: B?; lectotype, designated by Luteyn, 1966: K, photo NY s.n.).
Cultivated: NY.