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:
Species Description - (shrub to 2 m., on ground; corolla basally green, apically bright red). (shrub 4 m.; corolla basally green, apically crimson).
Species Description - (shrub to 2 m., on ground; corolla basally green, apically bright red). (shrub 4 m.; corolla basally green, apically crimson).
Discussion:
The differences between this species and the preceding are perhaps not very significant; S. weberbaueri has comparatively narrow leaves which are acute to obtuse at base. The difference in the calyx-tube-whether smooth or angled-which I utilized in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 28: 348-349 (1932), appears on the basis of more ample material to be of little consequence, the angles tending to disappear with maturity. The type of S. weberbaueri was from the Department of Amazonas, Peru, but other collections from Ecuador have been mentioned by me (op. cit, 350).
The differences between this species and the preceding are perhaps not very significant; S. weberbaueri has comparatively narrow leaves which are acute to obtuse at base. The difference in the calyx-tube-whether smooth or angled-which I utilized in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 28: 348-349 (1932), appears on the basis of more ample material to be of little consequence, the angles tending to disappear with maturity. The type of S. weberbaueri was from the Department of Amazonas, Peru, but other collections from Ecuador have been mentioned by me (op. cit, 350).
Distribution:
Ecuador South America|
Ecuador South America|