Agarista glaberrima (Sleumer) Judd

  • 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

    Agarista glaberrima (Sleumer) Judd

  • Type

    Type. Brazil. Minas Gerais: Santa Lucia, Serra do Cipo, km 135, 4 Feb 1938, Barreto 8921 (holotype, F; photo of holotype, F).

  • Synonyms

    Leucothoe eucalyptoides var. glaberrima Sleumer

  • Description

    Species Description - Shrub or small tree to 4 m tall; twigs glabrous, with nonchambered to clearly chambered pith; buds to ca. 1 mm long, leaves conduplicate(?). Leaves coriaceous, ovate to narrowly ovate, 2.3-8.5 × 0.6-2.5(-3) cm, base cuneate to rounded and often slightly asymmetric, apex acuminate, margin entire (slightly undulate), plane, and entire lamina flat to strongly adaxially folded, adaxial surface glabrous (very sparsely pubescent on basal portion of midvein), abaxial surface glabrous, with few to many inconspicuous to conspicuous glandular dots along midvein; petiole 10-45 mm long, slender, frequently flexuous. Inflorescences axillary racemes, or terminal racemes or panicles, to 1-9.5 cm long; rachis glabrous; pedicels 2.5-8 mm long, glabrous; bracteoles 2, opposite to alternate, from nearly basal to near midpoint of pedicel, narrowly triangular, to ca. 0.9 mm long; floral bracts to ca. 1.4 mm long. Flowers with triangular calyx lobes, with acuminate (to nearly acute) apices, 0.8-1.7 × 0.5-1.3 mm, the abaxial surface glabrous; corolla ± cylindrical, white or greenish white, 6-10 × 2.7-4.5 mm, glabrous; filaments 3.5-4.5 mm long; anthers 1.11.3 mm long; ovary glabrous or nearly so. Capsules subglobose to short-ovoid, 4-8 × 6-8 mm, placentae subapical to nearly central; seeds 2-2.5 mm long.

  • Discussion

    Agarista glaberrima is related most closely to the sympatric A. angustissima, another Minas Gerais endemic from which it can easily be distinguished by its ovate and wider leaves with usually longer petioles and less strongly adaxially folded blades.

  • Objects

    Specimen - 00943082, W. R. Anderson 35627, Agarista glaberrima (Sleumer) Judd, Ericaceae (261.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Minas Gerais, Gouveia Mun.

    Specimen - 00943080, G. G. Hatschbach 28814, Agarista glaberrima (Sleumer) Judd, Ericaceae (261.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Minas Gerais, Jaboticatubas Mun.

    Specimen - 00943085, H. S. Irwin 20802, Agarista glaberrima (Sleumer) Judd, Ericaceae (261.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Minas Gerais

    Specimen - 00943083, H. S. Irwin 22758, Agarista glaberrima (Sleumer) Judd, Ericaceae (261.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Minas Gerais

    Specimen - 00943081, B. Maguire 49269, Agarista glaberrima (Sleumer) Judd, Ericaceae (261.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Minas Gerais

  • Distribution

    SE Brazil, Minas Gerais. Sandy to rocky cerrado vegetation, margins of woods, rocky and/or disturbed thickets, rocky hillsides; 900-1500 m elev. Flowering chiefly November through February.

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