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 - (terrestrial shrubs 0.4-1 m. high; leaves deep green above, pale beneath; upper part of pedicels and hypanthium bright red-orange at anthesis, later fading to cream-yellow, with only the wings red-tinged; base of corolla reddish coral, the upper half deep green).
Species Description - (terrestrial shrubs 0.4-1 m. high; leaves deep green above, pale beneath; upper part of pedicels and hypanthium bright red-orange at anthesis, later fading to cream-yellow, with only the wings red-tinged; base of corolla reddish coral, the upper half deep green).
Discussion:
The species (Anthopterus ericae Sleumer, non Macleania ericae Sleumer) appears to be rare; this is only the third collection known to me, all being from northern Ecuador.
The species (Anthopterus ericae Sleumer, non Macleania ericae Sleumer) appears to be rare; this is only the third collection known to me, all being from northern Ecuador.
Distribution:
Ecuador South America|
Ecuador South America|