Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) DC.

  • Filed As

    Ericaceae
    Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) DC.

  • Collector(s)

    C. M. Corcoran 1668 with with G.D., 25 Jul 1978

  • Location

    Mexico. Oaxaca. Sierra Oaxacaña: Along Hwy. 175 (road to Valle Nacional), 2.7 km (by road) N of the summit of Cerro Pilón and 48 km (by road) N of Ixtlán de Juárez.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 2604637

    Occurrence ID: d623c733-1e8a-45ab-8419-faff6ec84725

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    Mexico

  • State/Province

    Oaxaca

  • Locality

    Sierra Oaxacaña: Along Hwy. 175 (road to Valle Nacional), 2.7 km (by road) N of the summit of Cerro Pilón and 48 km (by road) N of Ixtlán de Juárez.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2652 m. (8701 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    17.47, -96.4

  • Location Notes

    [Central America & Mexico]

  • Distribution

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The New York Botanica! Garden
Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) DC
det. James L. Luteyn	!<)?£
Pernettya
Examined for a revision of the Mexican and Guatemalan taxa of
Gaultheria (Ericaceae).
Celeste M. Corcoran
University of Wisconsin-Madison (WIS)	1981
Plants of MEXICO
Low shrub, to .2m tall; growing on steep
rocky slope of road cut; Individuals scatter-
ed and uncommon; corolla white.
Oaxaca: Sierra Oaxacana: Along Hwy. 175
(road to Valle Nacional), 2.7 km (by road)
N of the summit of Cerro Pilon and 48 km
(by road) N of Ixtla'n de Judrez.
Quercus acatenangensis-Pinus patula cloud
forest with thicket understory of Comaro-
staphylis, Gaultheria, and Pernettya.
L/L.: 17°28’N, 96°24’W Elev.: 2652m
July 25, 1978	No.:^
Colls.: Celeste M. Corcoran w/ GD.
Dept. Botany, Univ. Wisconsin-Madison, Mexican research
trip, siumer 1978. Participants: G.J. Breckon, M.E.
Breckon, S. Caughlah, T.S. Cochrane, B.A. Cochrane, C.M.
Corcoran, G. Diggs, D.A. Kolterman, & M.A. Raveret.
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