Psammisia ulbrichiana 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

    Psammisia ulbrichiana Hoerold

  • Description

    Species Description - (spreading shrub, the branches ultimately vine-like, to 5 m. long; leaves dark green and subnitid above, pale beneath; immature fruit pale salmon), (vine; leaves deep green and nitid above, pale beneath; immature fruit pale salmon). (highgrowing epiphyte, the branches arched to 2 m.; leaves deep green above, pale beneath). (coarse climbing epiphyte, with branches to 5 m. long).

  • Discussion

    The cited specimens are all in fruit, but the comparatively large leaves, short inflorescences with congested floral scars, and calycine characters point to their position in P. ulbrichiana, typified by a specimen from the Province of Pichincha.

  • Distribution

    Azuay: The eastern cordillera, 1-8 km. north of the village of Sevilla de Oro, 8,000-9,000 ft. elev., Camp E-4367; Camp E-4402; Santiago-Zamora: Cordillera Cutuoi, ridge ascending into central Cutucu, 3,500 ft. elev., Camp E-1102 (NY only); Same locality, ridge between Rios Itzintza and Chupiasa, 4,000-4,500 ft. elev., Camp E-1271.

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