Agarista pulchella Cham. ex G.Don var. pulchella
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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)
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Family
Ericaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. Brazil. Minas Gerais: Antonio Pereira (see Meisner in Martius, 1863; I consider this locality to be very questionable because nearly all collections of this species are from Parana or Santa Catarina), Sellow 4830 (holotype, B, destroyed; frag. of holotype, F, NY; photos of holotype, F, GH).
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Synonyms
Andromeda pulchella (Cham. ex G.Don) Cham., Lyonia mariana (L.) D.Don, Leucothoe pulchella (Cham. ex G.Don) DC.
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Description
Description - Shrub to 2(-3) m tall; twigs glabrous to densely pubescent. Leaves with petiole 1.5-5 mm long; blade 1.2-4(-5) × 0.4-1.8(-2.8) cm, margin not (slightly) sinuous; adaxial and abaxial surfaces glabrous to sparsely pubescent on midvein. Inflorescences axillary racemes (axillary panicles, or terminal racemes or panicles) to 2-7(-12) cm long; rachis glabrous to densely pubescent. Flowers with corolla 7.5-13 × 3-5 mm; filaments 4.8-6.5 mm long. Capsules 3-4 × 5.5-6 mm, placentae central (to subapical); seeds 0.8-1.3 mm long.
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Objects
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Distribution
SE Brazil, Parana, Santa Catarina, and adjacent regions of São Paulo. Gallery forests along rivers or streams, bogs, thickets or thicket-margins, sandy or rocky campo; (110-)780-1500 m elev. Flowering (August) September through November (December).
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