Macleania loeseneriana Hoerold

  • 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 loeseneriana Hoerold

  • Description

    Species Description - (spreading shrub to 3 m.; leaves dull on both surfaces, deep green above, paler beneath; hypanthium red;corolla basally pale red, apically white; immature fruit dull, non-glaucous).

  • Discussion

    The robust habit and inflorescence, pilose flowers, and calyx with large subspreading limb make this one of the more easily identified entities among the 2-tubuled Macleaniae.

  • Distribution

    Pichincha: Western slope of the Cordillera, Cerro Corazbn, 11,000 ft. elev., Camp E-1647 (NY only)

    Ecuador South America|