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:
Ericaceae
Ericaceae
Synonyms:
Xolisma stahlii (Urb.) Small, Lyonia rubiginosa var. stahlii (Urb.) Judd, Lyonia rubiginosa subsp. stahlii (Urb.) Borhidi
Xolisma stahlii (Urb.) Small, Lyonia rubiginosa var. stahlii (Urb.) Judd, Lyonia rubiginosa subsp. stahlii (Urb.) Borhidi
Description:
Variety Description - Shrub to moderate-sized and often densely branched tree to 6(-10) m tall; twigs subglabrous to slightly (moderately) pubescent. Leaf blades 1.7-6.5(-9) × 0.8-4(-5.2) cm, margin apically obscurely and irregularly toothed to entire (strongly toothed), basally entire to obscurely toothed; adaxial surface with the 3° and higher-order veins faintly visible to obscure, the 2° veins obscure to visible, usually not depressed or only slightly so. Pedicels slender, 4-11 mm long. Flowers (4-)5-merous; corolla 4-6 × (2-)2.5-4 mm. Capsules 3.5-5.5 × 2-3.5(-4) mm.
Variety Description - Shrub to moderate-sized and often densely branched tree to 6(-10) m tall; twigs subglabrous to slightly (moderately) pubescent. Leaf blades 1.7-6.5(-9) × 0.8-4(-5.2) cm, margin apically obscurely and irregularly toothed to entire (strongly toothed), basally entire to obscurely toothed; adaxial surface with the 3° and higher-order veins faintly visible to obscure, the 2° veins obscure to visible, usually not depressed or only slightly so. Pedicels slender, 4-11 mm long. Flowers (4-)5-merous; corolla 4-6 × (2-)2.5-4 mm. Capsules 3.5-5.5 × 2-3.5(-4) mm.
Discussion:
Distribution and Ecology: (Fig. 13). Puerto Rico, Cordillera Central. Moist cloud forests, ca. (500-)1100-1338 m elev. Locally common on highest peaks of range (Cerro de Punta, Monte Jayuya, Cerro Maravillas, Pico Guilarte) in dense thickets or cloud forests. Also in disturbed roadside vegetation; seedlings common on road-cuts or landslides (if near seed source). [See Gleason & Cook (1926) and Dansereau (1966) for more detailed discussion of vegetation of montane areas of Puerto Rico.] Flowering January through August.
Distribution:
Puerto Rico South America|
Puerto Rico South America|
Objects:
Specimen - 882391, A. H. Liogier 9546, Lyonia stahlii Urb. var. stahlii, Ericaceae (261.0), Magnoliophyta; West Indies, Puerto Rico
Specimen - 882393, A. H. Liogier 10022, Lyonia stahlii Urb. var. stahlii, Ericaceae (261.0), Magnoliophyta; West Indies, Puerto Rico, Adjuntas
Specimen - 882390, E. L. Little Jr. 21736, Lyonia stahlii Urb. var. stahlii, Ericaceae (261.0), Magnoliophyta; West Indies, Puerto Rico
Specimen - 10192, A. Stahl 468, Lyonia stahlii Urb., Ericaceae (261.0), Magnoliophyta, isotype; West Indies, Puerto Rico
Specimen - 882391, A. H. Liogier 9546, Lyonia stahlii Urb. var. stahlii, Ericaceae (261.0), Magnoliophyta; West Indies, Puerto Rico
Specimen - 882393, A. H. Liogier 10022, Lyonia stahlii Urb. var. stahlii, Ericaceae (261.0), Magnoliophyta; West Indies, Puerto Rico, Adjuntas
Specimen - 882390, E. L. Little Jr. 21736, Lyonia stahlii Urb. var. stahlii, Ericaceae (261.0), Magnoliophyta; West Indies, Puerto Rico
Specimen - 10192, A. Stahl 468, Lyonia stahlii Urb., Ericaceae (261.0), Magnoliophyta, isotype; West Indies, Puerto Rico