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 4 m.; leaves shining on both sides, somewhat paler beneath; corolla pale pink below, apically white).
Species Description - (shrub 4 m.; leaves shining on both sides, somewhat paler beneath; corolla pale pink below, apically white).
Discussion:
The cited specimen differs from 0. secundiflora in its congested inflorescences (rachis 5-8 mm. long; pedicels about the same length), and its stamens with free filaments and slightly shorter anthers. It may be referable to 0. abbreviata Drake, from southern Ecuador, but the inadequate description of that species (Jour, de Bot. 3: 75. 1889) implies that its leaves are somewhat broader ( 7 x 3 cm.) and its pedicels are 2 cm. long. Number 757 cannot be positively identified without comparison with the type of O. abbreviata.
The cited specimen differs from 0. secundiflora in its congested inflorescences (rachis 5-8 mm. long; pedicels about the same length), and its stamens with free filaments and slightly shorter anthers. It may be referable to 0. abbreviata Drake, from southern Ecuador, but the inadequate description of that species (Jour, de Bot. 3: 75. 1889) implies that its leaves are somewhat broader ( 7 x 3 cm.) and its pedicels are 2 cm. long. Number 757 cannot be positively identified without comparison with the type of O. abbreviata.
Distribution:
Ecuador South America|
Ecuador South America|