Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) DC.

  • Filed As

    Ericaceae
    Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) DC.

  • Collector(s)

    R. W. Holm 455 with and Hugh H. Iltis, 22 Jul 1949

  • Location

    Costa Rica. Cartago. "Cerro de la Muerte", Pan-American Highway, 5 km above Millsville (about 8 km above Nivel). Cordillera de Talamanca.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 2604751

    Occurrence ID: 5c29c0e5-88ef-4d1c-bf8e-bd7dfac1aaad

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  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Costa Rica

  • State/Province

    Cartago

  • Locality

    "Cerro de la Muerte", Pan-American Highway, 5 km above Millsville (about 8 km above Nivel). Cordillera de Talamanca.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 3400 - 3500 m. (11155 - 11483 ft.)

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COSTA RICA
Province of Cartago
No. ktt.
Pernettya cioiocsa Kl.
Small shrub up to 5 dm. forming dense mats.
Flowers whitish to rose tinged. Very common.
Long underground stem.
Shrub-paramo (Chusquea, Hypericum, Vaccinium Ass’n.)*
’Cerro de la Muerte’, Pan-American Highway, 5 km. above
Millsville (about 8 km. above Nivel). Cordillera de Tala.
manca.
22 July 1949	3400-3500 m.
Collected by Richard W. Holm and Hugh H. Iltis.
Pernettya coriacea K1«
ROBERT L WILBUR /pWf ¡
Duka University Herbarium
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