Monographs Details:
Authority:
Smith, Albert C. 1952. Plants collected in Ecuador by W. H. camp. Vaceiniaceae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8 (1): 41-85.
Smith, Albert C. 1952. Plants collected in Ecuador by W. H. camp. Vaceiniaceae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8 (1): 41-85.
Family:
Ericaceae
Ericaceae
Description:
Genus Description - Santiago-Zamora: Valley of the Rio Zamora, east of Loja, near Zamora, about 3,000 ft. elev., Camp E-16 (epiphyte, over river; fruit pale blue).
Genus Description - Santiago-Zamora: Valley of the Rio Zamora, east of Loja, near Zamora, about 3,000 ft. elev., Camp E-16 (epiphyte, over river; fruit pale blue).
Discussion:
This fruiting specimen represents a species not otherwise in Dr. Camp's material. In the texture and general shape of its leaves it suggests the Peruvian S. weberbaueri (Hoer.) A. C. Smith, but it differs in the leaf-blades with roundedobtuse apices and in the short-pedicellate fruits. I think it probable that the specimen represents an undescribed species.