Themistoclesia unduavensis Luteyn

Filed As

Ericaceae
Themistoclesia unduavensis Luteyn sp. nov. ( holotype )

Collector(s)

J. L. Luteyn 15471 with E. Ann Powell & Stephen Beck, 19 Mar 2000

Location

Bolivia. La Paz. Nor Yungas Prov. Trail to Río Coscapa, ca. 2.5 km E of Unduavi along new road to Coroico, and ca. 6 km W of Cotapata.

Habitat

Montane forest with Weinmannia, Clethra, Desfontainea, Miconia.

Description

Rhizomatous, subshrub, to 3 dm tall; leaves clustered near apex. Pedicels and calyx green, sometimes suffused red; calyx sharply, but narrowly winged. Corolla essentially urceolate, but base conspicuously swollen, the throat narrowed; corolla reddish-orange, the lobes green in bud but white at anthesis. Rare. [Photo; pickled; DNA; wood].

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 803838

Occurrence ID: 671e2c46-90a6-4359-913d-71e919320b89

Laboratory Collections

Structural Botany, 02444488, J. L. Luteyn 15471, Themistoclesia unduavensis Luteyn - Accepted : Ericaceae (261.0) : : : Magnoliophyta;

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