Monographs Details:
Authority:
Luteyn, James L. 1983. Ericaceae--part I. Cavendishia. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 35: 1-290. (Published by NYBG Press)
Luteyn, James L. 1983. Ericaceae--part I. Cavendishia. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 35: 1-290. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:
Ericaceae
Ericaceae
Description:
Species Description - Terrestrial or epiphytic shrub with stems to 3 m long; mature branches terete or subterete, smooth, striate or ribbed, glabrous, nitid or glaucous, yellowish- to reddish-brown; twigs subterete to bluntly angled or complanate, ribbed or smooth, glabrous but with scattered, minute, reddish to black sessile, spherical glands 0.1 mm diam., tan. Leaves coriaceous to nearly membranaceous, elliptic, oblong, or lance-elliptic, sometimes obovate or oblanceolate, (6.5-)8-14(-17.5) X 2-5(-7) cm, basally rounded to obtuse or cuneate, apically acuminate to abruptly caudate-acuminate with acumen 2-3.5 cm long, margins flat or revolute, glabrous to moderately hispid on both surfaces, minutely glandular-fimbriate but appearing punctate after fimbriae fall; 3-5(-7)-plinerved from base, midrib and lateral nerves conspicuously impressed above and raised beneath causing leaves to be bullate, or all nerves slightly raised above and prominently raised beneath; petioles terete but often channeled adaxially, weakly rugose to smooth, glabrous, (4-)6-13(-16) mm long and 1-2.5 mm diam. Inflorescence 4-14-flowered, encircled at base by numerous, subcoriaceous, glabrous, ovate to oblong or obovate bracts to 60 x 40 mm; rachis subterete, nodes congested, glabrous, 1-2.5 cm long and 4-5 mm in diam. (the proximal (2-)4-8 mm peduncular in nature); floral bracts oblong, oblanceolate, 35-50 X 15-28(-30) mm, apically rounded and often splitting, marginally scarious or glandular, glabrous, glossy white with a pink tinge or pink to dark rose-red when fresh; pedicels subterete or sharply angled, thin or stout, 5-12(—15) mm long (elongating to 22 mm) and 1.5-3.5(-5) mm diam., distally swollen, glabrous but usually with scattered to dense, sessile or very short-stipitate, spherical glands 0.1-0.2 mm diam.; bracteoles linear, (4-)6-14 X 0.7-1 mm, glabrous, marginally bearing subspherical glands the lower ones of which are often short-stalked, the upper sessile and fused around tip. Flowers: calyx glabrous, 712.5 mm long, pink to red when fresh; hypanthium subcylindric, coarsely 10-ribbed, 2-4.5 mm long, strongly apophysate; limb cylindric or slightly spreading, (3.5-)5.5-7.5 mm long; lobes triangular, acute, (1.5-)2.5-3.8 mm long and ca. 2 mm broad, erect after anthesis, marginally with each side bearing an oblong callose gland 1-2 mm long, these not continuous at tip, or rarely with several short-oblong glands proximally fusing into one long gland distally; sinus rounded; corolla cylindric, glabrous, 27-38 mm long and 6-8 mm in diam., white or tinged with pink when fresh, lobes oblong-triangular, obtuse, 1-3 mm long, reflexed at anthesis; stamens 23—38 mm long; filaments with upper 2/3 short-pilose ventrally, alternately 2-4.2 mm and 7-10.2 mm long; anthers alternately 21.5-32 mm and 16-26 mm long; thecae alternately 12-17 mm and 8-10.5 mm long; style 28-40 mm long. Berry ca. 15 mm diam., blue-black.
Species Description - Terrestrial or epiphytic shrub with stems to 3 m long; mature branches terete or subterete, smooth, striate or ribbed, glabrous, nitid or glaucous, yellowish- to reddish-brown; twigs subterete to bluntly angled or complanate, ribbed or smooth, glabrous but with scattered, minute, reddish to black sessile, spherical glands 0.1 mm diam., tan. Leaves coriaceous to nearly membranaceous, elliptic, oblong, or lance-elliptic, sometimes obovate or oblanceolate, (6.5-)8-14(-17.5) X 2-5(-7) cm, basally rounded to obtuse or cuneate, apically acuminate to abruptly caudate-acuminate with acumen 2-3.5 cm long, margins flat or revolute, glabrous to moderately hispid on both surfaces, minutely glandular-fimbriate but appearing punctate after fimbriae fall; 3-5(-7)-plinerved from base, midrib and lateral nerves conspicuously impressed above and raised beneath causing leaves to be bullate, or all nerves slightly raised above and prominently raised beneath; petioles terete but often channeled adaxially, weakly rugose to smooth, glabrous, (4-)6-13(-16) mm long and 1-2.5 mm diam. Inflorescence 4-14-flowered, encircled at base by numerous, subcoriaceous, glabrous, ovate to oblong or obovate bracts to 60 x 40 mm; rachis subterete, nodes congested, glabrous, 1-2.5 cm long and 4-5 mm in diam. (the proximal (2-)4-8 mm peduncular in nature); floral bracts oblong, oblanceolate, 35-50 X 15-28(-30) mm, apically rounded and often splitting, marginally scarious or glandular, glabrous, glossy white with a pink tinge or pink to dark rose-red when fresh; pedicels subterete or sharply angled, thin or stout, 5-12(—15) mm long (elongating to 22 mm) and 1.5-3.5(-5) mm diam., distally swollen, glabrous but usually with scattered to dense, sessile or very short-stipitate, spherical glands 0.1-0.2 mm diam.; bracteoles linear, (4-)6-14 X 0.7-1 mm, glabrous, marginally bearing subspherical glands the lower ones of which are often short-stalked, the upper sessile and fused around tip. Flowers: calyx glabrous, 712.5 mm long, pink to red when fresh; hypanthium subcylindric, coarsely 10-ribbed, 2-4.5 mm long, strongly apophysate; limb cylindric or slightly spreading, (3.5-)5.5-7.5 mm long; lobes triangular, acute, (1.5-)2.5-3.8 mm long and ca. 2 mm broad, erect after anthesis, marginally with each side bearing an oblong callose gland 1-2 mm long, these not continuous at tip, or rarely with several short-oblong glands proximally fusing into one long gland distally; sinus rounded; corolla cylindric, glabrous, 27-38 mm long and 6-8 mm in diam., white or tinged with pink when fresh, lobes oblong-triangular, obtuse, 1-3 mm long, reflexed at anthesis; stamens 23—38 mm long; filaments with upper 2/3 short-pilose ventrally, alternately 2-4.2 mm and 7-10.2 mm long; anthers alternately 21.5-32 mm and 16-26 mm long; thecae alternately 12-17 mm and 8-10.5 mm long; style 28-40 mm long. Berry ca. 15 mm diam., blue-black.
Distribution:
Ecuador South America|
Ecuador South America|