Monographs Details:
Authority:
1932. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 28: 524.
1932. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 28: 524.
Family:
Ericaceae
Ericaceae
Description:
Species Description - Terrestrial shrub to 3 m tall; stems to 3 cm diam., glabrous; bark longtitudinally cracked and grooved, grayish-brown when dry. Leaves coriaceous, subsessile and somewhat clasping when fresh, oblong, elliptic-lanceolate, 13-28 x 4-11 cm, basally obtuse to rounded, cordate-auriculate, apically obtuse to rounded, glabrous above but short-pilose beneath; pinnately veined with 3-4 prominent, arcuate-ascending lateral nerves on each side, sometimes appearing plinerved with lateral nerves arising 3 to 5 cm above the base, midrib and lateral nerves strongly impressed above and raised beneath, veinlets slightly impressed or raised on both surfaces, inconspicuous; petiole subterete, rugose, glabrate, 3-6 mm long. Inflorescence axillary, solitary, fasciculate, 7-12-flowered, the fruits maturing only after the leaves have fallen; rachis 2-3 mm long, consisting of overlapping nodes; floral bracts and bracteoles persistent, chartaceous, ovate, acuminate, short-pilose, ca. 1.5-2 mm long; pedicels terete, swollen distally, striate, 3-4 mm long, short-pilose, reddish-orange when fresh. Flowers with the calyx short-pilose, 6-7 mm long, reddish-orange when fresh; hypanthium cylindric, bluntly 5-angled when dry, ca. 3 mm long; limb campanulate-cylindric, 3-4 mm long including the lobes; lobes apiculate, less than 1 mm long; sinuses broadly rounded; corolla cylindric, bluntly 5-angled, short-pilose, ca. 24 mm long, reddish-orange when fresh, the lobes triangular, acute, 2-3 mm long, green when fresh; stamens 10, alternately ca. 7.5 and 8.5 mm long; filaments connate, equal, 3.5-4 mm long; connective marginally pilose; anthers alternately ca. 5 and 6.5 mm long including the tubules; thecae ca. 2.5 mm long. Fruit not seen.
Distribution and Ecology - Endemic to Colombia (Antioquia), and known only from ca. 6 collections.
Species Description - Terrestrial shrub to 3 m tall; stems to 3 cm diam., glabrous; bark longtitudinally cracked and grooved, grayish-brown when dry. Leaves coriaceous, subsessile and somewhat clasping when fresh, oblong, elliptic-lanceolate, 13-28 x 4-11 cm, basally obtuse to rounded, cordate-auriculate, apically obtuse to rounded, glabrous above but short-pilose beneath; pinnately veined with 3-4 prominent, arcuate-ascending lateral nerves on each side, sometimes appearing plinerved with lateral nerves arising 3 to 5 cm above the base, midrib and lateral nerves strongly impressed above and raised beneath, veinlets slightly impressed or raised on both surfaces, inconspicuous; petiole subterete, rugose, glabrate, 3-6 mm long. Inflorescence axillary, solitary, fasciculate, 7-12-flowered, the fruits maturing only after the leaves have fallen; rachis 2-3 mm long, consisting of overlapping nodes; floral bracts and bracteoles persistent, chartaceous, ovate, acuminate, short-pilose, ca. 1.5-2 mm long; pedicels terete, swollen distally, striate, 3-4 mm long, short-pilose, reddish-orange when fresh. Flowers with the calyx short-pilose, 6-7 mm long, reddish-orange when fresh; hypanthium cylindric, bluntly 5-angled when dry, ca. 3 mm long; limb campanulate-cylindric, 3-4 mm long including the lobes; lobes apiculate, less than 1 mm long; sinuses broadly rounded; corolla cylindric, bluntly 5-angled, short-pilose, ca. 24 mm long, reddish-orange when fresh, the lobes triangular, acute, 2-3 mm long, green when fresh; stamens 10, alternately ca. 7.5 and 8.5 mm long; filaments connate, equal, 3.5-4 mm long; connective marginally pilose; anthers alternately ca. 5 and 6.5 mm long including the tubules; thecae ca. 2.5 mm long. Fruit not seen.
Distribution and Ecology - Endemic to Colombia (Antioquia), and known only from ca. 6 collections.
Discussion:
NY 10438 annotated as Type [=Holotype] by A. C. Smith, and as Holotype by E. A. Powell, 2005. Taxonomic notes emend. Luteyn, Opera Bot. 92: 122, fig. 8A-D. 1987. Conservation status: Rare and endangered.
NY 10438 annotated as Type [=Holotype] by A. C. Smith, and as Holotype by E. A. Powell, 2005. Taxonomic notes emend. Luteyn, Opera Bot. 92: 122, fig. 8A-D. 1987. Conservation status: Rare and endangered.
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