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.
Family:

Ericaceae
Description:

Species Description - (scrambling shrub, growing to 5 m. high, with stems up to 2.5-3 cm. diam.; corolla cylindric, not apically fluted, bright red, the base near calyx yellowish green; calyx green, conspicuously fluted).

Discussion:

The cited collection comes from near the type locality; I have recently (Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 29: 359. 1950) cited other Ecuadorian collections of the species.