Monographs Details:
Authority:
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. (Published by NYBG Press)
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. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:
Pyrolaceae
Pyrolaceae
Description:
Species Description - Subshrubs, 8.5-45 cm tall. Leaves spreading or ascending, clustered in 2-5(-6) pseudo-whorls of 3-8 leaves each, the pseudo-whorls separated by 0.7-6 cm long internodes, thick-coriaceous, narrowly-oblanceolate, oblanceolate, obovate, elliptic, or spatulate, 1-8 × 0.4-2.7 cm, basally cuneate and decurrent on the petiole, apically subacute, acute, or obtuse, sometimes mucronate at tip, margin sharply serrate to crenate-serrate, especially above the middle, lustrous or shining, uniformly dark green above, drying olive-green, pale brownish-green, or copper-green below; midvein and secondary veins impressed above; petioles channeled, smooth, 1-12 mm long, reddish-brown. Inflorescences 3-7-flowered; peduncles solitary (rarely paired), (2-)4-10 cm long, dark reddish-brown; pedicels ascending, diverging, or nodding, finely papillate or smooth, 4-35 mm long, dark reddish-brown; floral bracts fleshy at the base to membranaceous or slightly membranaceous above, acicular to linear-lanceolate, acute, slightly denticulate, 2-6 × ca. 0.5 mm, light brown. Flowers: calyx 2-4 mm long, bases overlapping, lobes broadly ovate, acute or rounded, erose-denticulate, 1-3 × 1.4-3 mm, green (?) drying reddish- or maroon-brown; corolla crateriform, 8-10 × 8-15 mm, white or rose-colored, petals broadly ovate to obovate, 4-12 × 4-8 mm, margins erose-denticulate; stamens ca. 4-7 mm long; filaments 2.5-5 mm long, ciliate to glabrous, light brown; anthers 1.5-3 mm long, anther tubes ca. 1 mm long, light brown; ovary depressed-globose; stigma 2-4 mm diam. Capsule 4-5 mm tall, 5-10 mm diam.
Species Description - Subshrubs, 8.5-45 cm tall. Leaves spreading or ascending, clustered in 2-5(-6) pseudo-whorls of 3-8 leaves each, the pseudo-whorls separated by 0.7-6 cm long internodes, thick-coriaceous, narrowly-oblanceolate, oblanceolate, obovate, elliptic, or spatulate, 1-8 × 0.4-2.7 cm, basally cuneate and decurrent on the petiole, apically subacute, acute, or obtuse, sometimes mucronate at tip, margin sharply serrate to crenate-serrate, especially above the middle, lustrous or shining, uniformly dark green above, drying olive-green, pale brownish-green, or copper-green below; midvein and secondary veins impressed above; petioles channeled, smooth, 1-12 mm long, reddish-brown. Inflorescences 3-7-flowered; peduncles solitary (rarely paired), (2-)4-10 cm long, dark reddish-brown; pedicels ascending, diverging, or nodding, finely papillate or smooth, 4-35 mm long, dark reddish-brown; floral bracts fleshy at the base to membranaceous or slightly membranaceous above, acicular to linear-lanceolate, acute, slightly denticulate, 2-6 × ca. 0.5 mm, light brown. Flowers: calyx 2-4 mm long, bases overlapping, lobes broadly ovate, acute or rounded, erose-denticulate, 1-3 × 1.4-3 mm, green (?) drying reddish- or maroon-brown; corolla crateriform, 8-10 × 8-15 mm, white or rose-colored, petals broadly ovate to obovate, 4-12 × 4-8 mm, margins erose-denticulate; stamens ca. 4-7 mm long; filaments 2.5-5 mm long, ciliate to glabrous, light brown; anthers 1.5-3 mm long, anther tubes ca. 1 mm long, light brown; ovary depressed-globose; stigma 2-4 mm diam. Capsule 4-5 mm tall, 5-10 mm diam.