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 - (spreading shrub, the branches ultimately vine-like, to 5 m. long; leaves dark green and subnitid above, pale beneath; immature fruit pale salmon), (vine; leaves deep green and nitid above, pale beneath; immature fruit pale salmon). (highgrowing epiphyte, the branches arched to 2 m.; leaves deep green above, pale beneath). (coarse climbing epiphyte, with branches to 5 m. long).
Species Description - (spreading shrub, the branches ultimately vine-like, to 5 m. long; leaves dark green and subnitid above, pale beneath; immature fruit pale salmon), (vine; leaves deep green and nitid above, pale beneath; immature fruit pale salmon). (highgrowing epiphyte, the branches arched to 2 m.; leaves deep green above, pale beneath). (coarse climbing epiphyte, with branches to 5 m. long).
Discussion:
The cited specimens are all in fruit, but the comparatively large leaves, short inflorescences with congested floral scars, and calycine characters point to their position in P. ulbrichiana, typified by a specimen from the Province of Pichincha.
The cited specimens are all in fruit, but the comparatively large leaves, short inflorescences with congested floral scars, and calycine characters point to their position in P. ulbrichiana, typified by a specimen from the Province of Pichincha.
Distribution:
Ecuador South America|
Ecuador South America|