Themistoclesia gigantiflora E.M.Ortiz & Luteyn

Filed As

Ericaceae
Themistoclesia gigantiflora E.M.Ortiz & Luteyn

Collector(s)

J. L. Luteyn 15652 with L. Paola Pedraza, E. M. Ortiz V. & N. Salinas, 9-13 Jun 2006

Location

Peru. Pasco. Oxapampa Prov. Dtto. Huancabamba: Parq. Nac. Yanachaga - Chemillén, vicinity of the caserio de Santa Bárbara.

Habitat

Ecotone of puna grassland with remnant forest patches.

Description

Scrambling, epiphytic shrub; stems 3-4 cm diameter. Leaves hard-coriaceous, sharply mucronate, often slightly revolute. Calyx green, the limb rotate, flat when fresh. Calyx tube and pedicels maroon; calyx limb green. Corolla broadly urceolate, cream-pale green, the base suffused with rose to pink at anthesis. Corolla buds green. Rare.

Notes (shown on label)

[DNA; pickled; photo].

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 03231113

Occurrence ID: 0c42a708-51a4-4d37-af7e-4cdaef51e0ea

Laboratory Collections

Structural Botany, 02444499, J. L. Luteyn 15652, Themistoclesia gigantiflora E.M.Ortiz & Luteyn - Accepted : Ericaceae (261.0) : : : Magnoliophyta;

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