Lyonia truncata Urb. var. truncata

  • Authority

    Luteyn, James L., et al. 1995. Ericaceae, Part II. The Superior-Ovaried Genera (Monotropoideae, Pyroloideae, Rhododendroideae, and Vaccinioideae P.P.). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 66: 560. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Ericaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Lyonia truncata Urb. var. truncata

  • Type

    Type. Dominican Republic. Barahona [Pedernales]: Ad arroyo seco, 400 m, Apr 1912, Fuertes 1528 (holotype, B, n.v., destroyed; frag, of holotype, NY; isotypes, F, GH, K, L, NY, P, US, W).

  • Synonyms

    Lyonia tippenhaueri Urb., Lyonia haitiensis Urb., Lyonia furcyensis Urb., Lyonia plumeri Urb. & Ekman, Xolisma truncata (Urb.) Small, Lyonia brachycarpa Urb. & Ekman

  • Description

    Variety Description - Evergreen, low to erect, often densely branched shrub to 2.5(-3) m tall, with branches often rigidly ascending; internodes near midpoint of branches of previous year 0.2-1.2 cm long (avg. 0.6-0.7), slightly longer in rapidly growing branches. Leaf blades 0.8-3.5(-4) × 0.4-2(-3) cm, slightly concave to ± flat, sometimes slightly recurved; margin plane with apical portion obscurely and irregularly toothed to clearly toothed or notched; petiole 1-5 mm long. Flowers on pedicels 2.5-10(-13) mm long. Calyx lobes 1-2 × 0.5-0.9, abaxial surface glabrous; corolla ± cylindrical, 4-7 × 2-3.5(-4) mm; filaments 3-4 mm long, anthers 1-1.5 mm long. Capsules ovoid to ellipsoid, (3-)4-6.5(-7) × (2.5-)3-4.5(-5) mm.

  • Objects

    Specimen - 1333576, A. H. Liogier 19661a, Lyonia truncata Urb. var. truncata, Ericaceae (261.0), Magnoliophyta; West Indies, Dominican Republic, Pedernales

    Specimen - 1333567, L. R. Holdridge 1389, Lyonia truncata Urb. var. truncata, Ericaceae (261.0), Magnoliophyta; West Indies, Haiti, Ouest

    Specimen - 10197, M. D. Fuertes Lorén 1528, Lyonia truncata Urb., Ericaceae (261.0), Magnoliophyta, holotype fragment; West Indies, Dominican Republic, Barahona

  • Distribution

    Hispaniola, Massif de la Selle and Sierra de Baoruco. Pinus occidentalis forests and thickets, (400-)900-1700(-1800) m elev. Often on red lateritic soils. Flowering chiefly late February to June.

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