Cavendishia Lindl.

  • Filed As

    Ericaceae
    Cavendishia

  • Collector(s)

    J. L. Luteyn 14837, 08 Feb 1996

  • Location

    Panama. Chiriquí. Junction of old road with new, just above (N of) Fortuna Dam, 5.6 km N of Sitio de Presa.

  • Habitat

    Disturbed roadside now abandoned.

  • Description

    Terrestrial shrub, 1.5 m tall. Leaves slightly bullate, without red color at base of leaf above (as in C. axillaris). Plant with slight odor of wintergreen (as C. quereme). Floral bracts dark rose-red, adpressed to calyx at anthesis and after, not spreading. Corolla white at very base and at throat and lobes, otherwise orange. [photo; pickled].

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 189663

    Occurrence ID: b7b5cb38-6868-4e40-9cf1-b3865639ef8b

  • Laboratory Collections

    Structural Botany, 01926370, J. L. Luteyn 14837, Cavendishia Lindl. - Accepted : Ericaceae (261.0) : : : Magnoliophyta;

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Ericales

  • Family

    Ericaceae

  • All Determinations

    Cavendishia Lindl.
    Note: Cavendishia quereme x Cavendishia axillaris

  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Panama

  • State/Province

    Chiriquí

  • Locality

    Junction of old road with new, just above (N of) Fortuna Dam, 5.6 km N of Sitio de Presa.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1110 m. (3642 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    8.8, -82.2

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