Taxon Details: Psammisia debilis var. ecuadorensis Luteyn
Taxon Profile:
Narratives:
Family:
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:
Psammisia debilis var. ecuadorensis Luteyn
Psammisia debilis var. ecuadorensis Luteyn
Accepted Name:
This name is currently accepted.
This name is currently accepted.
Type Specimens:
Specimen 1: Holotype -- J. L. Luteyn
Specimen 2: Holotype -- J. L. Luteyn
Specimen 3: Holotype -- J. L. Luteyn
Specimen 1: Holotype -- J. L. Luteyn
Specimen 2: Holotype -- J. L. Luteyn
Specimen 3: Holotype -- J. L. Luteyn
Description:
Description: Twigs densely, scurfy short-pilose; stem usually persistently short-pilose or glabrate. Leaves with lamina weakly bullate, short-pilose along midrib above and all nerves beneath, the nerves conspicuously impressed above; petiole usually puberulent to short-pilose. Inflorescence conspicuously racemose, 4-5-flowered; rachis 2-3.5 cm long, densely short-pilose.
Distribution: Endemic to Ecuador; premontane to montane cloud forest, at 1890-2700 m altitude.
Type: Ecuador. Carchi: Tulcán-Maldonado rd, 61-75 km W of Tulcán, 2160-2560 m, 6 Nov 1992 (fl), Luteyn & Sylva S. 14760 (holotype, NY (2 sheets); isotypes, AAU, CAS, COL, GB, K, MEXU, MO, P, QCA, TEX, US, W).
Conservation status: Rare and endangered.
Description: Twigs densely, scurfy short-pilose; stem usually persistently short-pilose or glabrate. Leaves with lamina weakly bullate, short-pilose along midrib above and all nerves beneath, the nerves conspicuously impressed above; petiole usually puberulent to short-pilose. Inflorescence conspicuously racemose, 4-5-flowered; rachis 2-3.5 cm long, densely short-pilose.
Distribution: Endemic to Ecuador; premontane to montane cloud forest, at 1890-2700 m altitude.
Type: Ecuador. Carchi: Tulcán-Maldonado rd, 61-75 km W of Tulcán, 2160-2560 m, 6 Nov 1992 (fl), Luteyn & Sylva S. 14760 (holotype, NY (2 sheets); isotypes, AAU, CAS, COL, GB, K, MEXU, MO, P, QCA, TEX, US, W).
Conservation status: Rare and endangered.
Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):
Psammisia debilis var. ecuadorensis Luteyn: [Article] 1996. Fl. Ecuador. 54: 187.
Psammisia debilis var. ecuadorensis Luteyn: [Article] 1996. Fl. Ecuador. 54: 187.