Agarista coriifolia (Thunb.) Hook.f. ex Nied. var. coriifolia

  • Family

    Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Agarista coriifolia (Thunb.) Hook.f. ex Nied. var. coriifolia

  • Primary Citation

    Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 236. 1889

  • Basionym

    Andromeda coriifolia Thunb.

  • Description

    Description: Shrub (or tree) to 3(-5) m tall; twigs glabrous to moderately pubescent. Leaves with petiole 2-18 mm long; blade ovate (to ± elliptic), 1.8-10.5 x (0.6-)1-3.5(-5) cm, base usually cordate to rounded, abaxial surface with glandular dots absent or limited to basal half. Inflorescence rachis to 6-28 cm long, glabrous to densely pubescent; pedicels glabrous to densely pubescent. Flowers with calyx lobes abaxially glabrous to sparsely (moderately) pubescent; corolla red to white, 6.5-10.5 mm long; ovary glabrous to sparsely pubescent.

    Distribution: Endemic to SE Brazil, from Bahia to S Minas Gerais and adjacent Rio de Janeiro, in open rocky and/or grassy campo, open scrub, thickets and forests, frequently along streams, usually in sandy soil, with sandstone or manganese outcrops, at 500-1950 m alt. Flowering chiefly June through September (to January or February).

    Illustration: Judd (1995), fig 7.

    Type: Brazil. Minas Gerais: Villa Rica, Freyreiss s.n. (holotype, UPS, n.v.).

    Literature: Judd, W. J. 1995. Agarista. In: Luteyn, J. L., W. S. Judd, S. E. Clemants, G. M. Diggs, P.D. Sørensen, L. J. Dorr & G. D. Wallace. Ericaceae. Part II. The superior-ovaried genera (Monotropoideae, Pyroloideae, Rhododendroideae, and Vaccinioideae p.p.). Fl. Neotrop. 66: 1-560.

  • Floras and Monographs

    Agarista coriifolia (Thunb.) Hook.f. ex Nied. var. coriifolia: [Article] Luteyn, James L., et al. 1995. Ericaceae, Part II. The Superior-Ovaried Genera (Monotropoideae, Pyroloideae, Rhododendroideae, and Vaccinioideae P.P.). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 66: 560.