Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) DC.

  • Filed As

    Ericaceae
    Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) DC.

  • Collector(s)

    C. M. Corcoran 1705 with with George Diggs; and Donna M.E. Ware, 11 Jul 1979

  • Location

    Mexico. Oaxaca. On E-facing rocky slope at edge of cloud forest. Sierra Oaxacana: On E side of Hwy. 175 (between Oaxaca and Tuxtepec), 1.6 km N of the summit of Cerro Pilon and 47 km N of Ixtlan de Juarez.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 2604619

    Occurrence ID: e73bc46e-5294-4333-aa19-ed7f151a693f

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    Mexico

  • State/Province

    Oaxaca

  • Locality

    On E-facing rocky slope at edge of cloud forest. Sierra Oaxacana: On E side of Hwy. 175 (between Oaxaca and Tuxtepec), 1.6 km N of the summit of Cerro Pilon and 47 km N of Ixtlan de Juarez.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2800 m. (9186 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    17.47, -96.4

  • Location Notes

    [Central America & Mexico]

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Pernett.ya
Examined for a revision of the Mexican and Guatemalan taxa of
Gaultheria (Ericaceae).
Celeste M. Corcoran
University of Wisconsin-Madison (WIS)	1981
MEXICO; Edo. de Oaxaca
BOTANICAL
GardEH
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
02604619
Thicket forming shrub (to 1.5 m tall); corolla
white; calyx white suffused with pink; young
fruit red; mature fruit deep maroon.
Growing with thickets of Gaultheria and
Vaccinium on E-facing rocky slope at edge of
Quercus acatenangensis-Pinus patula cloud
forest.
Sierra Oaxacana: On E side of Hwy. 175
(between Oaxaca and Tuxtepec), 1.6 km N of
the summit of Cerro Pilon and 47 km N of
IXTLAN DE JUAREZ.
17°28'N, 96°24'W
11 July 1979
Celeste M. Corcoran
with George Diggs
6c Donna M. E. Ware
Alt.: 2800 m.
No. 1705
02604619