Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) DC.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  Mexico

• State/Province

  Veracruz

• Locality

  Along Mex. Hwy. 140 through extensive lava flow called "El Volcancillo", 26.5 km by road NW of Jalapa, 1.7 km W of La Jolla.

• Elevation

  Alt. 2150 m. (7054 ft.)

• Coordinates

  19.63, -97.1

• Location Notes

  [Central America & Mexico]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) DC
det. James L. Luteyn
VERACRUZ: along Mex. Hwy. li+0 through exten-
sive lava flow called "El Volcancillo," 26*5
km by road NW of Jalap a, 1. 7 km W of La Jolla
(19°38'N, 97°06'W).	Alt. 2150 m.
Mesic Oak-Pine forest on very rough, broken
ground, with epiphytic mosses and lichens and
many ferns: a) forest understoiy, with Baa-
charis (dominant), Arbutus3 Fuchsia, Pemet-
tya3 Gaultheria, Geranium seemannii3 Pingui-
aula moranensis on peaty mulch; fe-) semi-open^
disturbed- outer edgoo , with—A&gopogon-een-
ahroidesj Trisetum ? opiaatumj Stipa 8£&7-y-Pan~
?iom 8568, 1Sedan moranenoey-CcLstilleoa 8586,
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July 19, 1978
Ko. : 1664-
TC,
Colls.: Celeste M. Corcoran w/ SC.,
BC•,GD.* DK.»MR*
Dept. Botany, Univ. Wlsconsin-Madison, Mexican research
trip, summer 1978. Participants: 6.J. Breckon, M.S.
Breckon, S. Caughlan, T.S. Cochrane, B.A. Cochrane, C.M.
Corcoran, G. Diggs, D.A. Kolterman, & N.A. Raveret.
Plants of MEXICO
Low shrub, corolla white, calyx green»
Examined for a revision of the Mexican and Guatemalan taxa of
Gaultheria (Ericaceae).
Celeste M. Corcoran
University of Wisconsin-Madison (WIS)
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