Gaultheria buxifolia Willd.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Colombia

• State/Province

  Magdalena

• Locality

  Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Cerro Kennedy, road Minca-Vista Nieves, towards communications antennae

• Elevation

  Alt. 2580 m. (8465 ft.)

• Coordinates

  11.1, -74.03

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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PLANTS OF COLOMBIA
ERICACEAE
MAGDALENA: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Cerro Kennedy, road
Minca-Vista Nieves, towards communications antennae. N 11° 06'; W
74° 02'.
Cloud forest, disturbed. Dominant trees: Lauraceae, Melastomataceae
(Miconia), Brunellia integrifolia, Schefflera sp., Panopsis sp.,
Hedyosmum sp., Ceroxylon schultesii. Weinmannia and Clethra not
apparent; understorey shrubs Compositae, Ericaceae; much Chusquea.
2580 m alt.
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Low shrub 0.5 m tall. Flower buds yellow-cream. Flowers white.
Fruit sepals black.
K.S. Edwards and H. Cuadros 766
7 July, 1994
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K) with Fundación Jardín Botánico
"Guillermo Piñeres", Cartagena (JBGP).
EX HERB. HORT. BOT. REG. KEW.
THIS MATERIAL IS RESTRICTED. IT IS SUBJECT TO THE RBG KEW
TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH IT WAS SUPPLIED.
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