Macleania sleumeriana A.C.Sm.

  • Authority

    Smith, Albert C. 1952. Plants collected in Ecuador by W. H. camp. Vaceiniaceae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8 (1): 41-85.

  • Family

    Ericaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Macleania sleumeriana A.C.Sm.

  • Description

    Species Description - (terrestrial shrubs 0.4-1 m. high; leaves deep green above, pale beneath; upper part of pedicels and hypanthium bright red-orange at anthesis, later fading to cream-yellow, with only the wings red-tinged; base of corolla reddish coral, the upper half deep green).

  • Discussion

    The species (Anthopterus ericae Sleumer, non Macleania ericae Sleumer) appears to be rare; this is only the third collection known to me, all being from northern Ecuador.

  • Distribution

    Pichincha: Western slope of the cordillera, along the road from Quito to Sto. Domingo de los Colorados, about 6,000 ft. elev., Camp E-1735 (NY only)

    Ecuador South America|