Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) DC.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  Mexico

• State/Province

  México

• Locality

  W slopes of Volcán Ixtaccíhuatl and Volcán Popocatépetl: 17.8 km E of Amecameca on road (Hwy. 451) to Paso de Cortés.

• Elevation

  Alt. 3300 m. (10827 ft.)

• Coordinates

  19.08, -98.68

• Location Notes

  [Central America & Mexico]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) DC
det. Janies L. Luteyn	W
Examined for a revision of the Mexican and Guatemalan taxa of
Gaultheria (Ericaceae).
Celeste M. Corcoran
University of Wisconsin-Madison (WIS)	1981
Plants of MEXICO
Low shrub (to .5m tall) growing in clumps;
corolla white; calyx green wic-h pink tinges.
MEXICO: W slopes of Volcan Ixtaccihuatl and
Volcan Popocatepetl: 17-8 km E of Amecameca
on road (Hwy. U5l) to Paso de Cortes.
Abies religiosa forest with tussock-grass
understory on steep slope along N side of rd.
(l9°05fNs 98°ys'lW)	Elev. 3300 m.
July 16, 1978	No. 1660
Celeste M. Corcoran w/ George Diggs
Dept. Botany, Univ. Wisconsin-Madison, Mexican research
trip, summer 1978. Participants: G.J. Breckon, M.E.
Breckon, S. Caughlan, T.S. Cochrane, B.A. Cochrane, C.M.
Corcoran, G. Diggs, D.A. Kolterman, & M.A. Raveret.
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