Taxon Details: Agarista coriifolia var. bradei (Sleumer) Judd
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Family:

Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:

Agarista coriifolia var. bradei (Sleumer) Judd
Primary Citation:

J. Arnold Arbor. 65: 302. 1984
Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.
Description:

Description: Shrub to 2 m tall; twigs glabrous to very sparsely pubescent. Leaves with petiole 4-11 mm long; blade ± oblong to slightly elliptic (slightly ovate), (2.4-)3-7.5 x 0.6-2.5(-3) cm, base usually cuneate to rounded, abaxial surface with glandular dots usually extending along midvein from base to near apex. Inflorescence rachis to (2.5-)4.5-15(-20) cm long, glabrous to sparsely pubescent; pedicels glabrous to sparsely pubescent. Flowers with calyx lobes abaxially glabrous; corolla red, 8-11 mm long; ovary glabrous to moderately pubescent.

Distribution: Endemic to SE Brazil (Minas Gerais), in rocky or grassy campo, shrubby cerrado, gallery forest, or sometimes on termite mounds, at ca. 1200-1410(?) m alt. Flowering September and October.

Illustration: Judd (1995), fig. 7.

Type: Brazil. Minas Gerais: Diamantina, June 1934, Brade 13614 (holotype, RB, n.v.; frag. of holotype, LIL, n.v.; photos of isotype at B, destroyed, S

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Agarista coriifolia var. bradei (Sleumer) Judd: [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.