Agarista niederleinii var. acutifolia Judd

  • Family

    Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Agarista niederleinii var. acutifolia Judd

  • Primary Citation

    J. Arnold Arbor. 65: 330. 1984

  • Type Specimens

    Specimen 1: Isotype -- G. G. Hatschbach 25598, verif. W. S. Judd, 1982

  • Description

    Description: Leaves with petiole 3-8 mm long; blade 2-5.7 x 0.5-1.7(-1.9) cm, ± flat, apex usually acuminate to acute- (obtuse-)mucronate, margin plane to very slightly revolute at base. Inflorescences to 1-2.8 cm long; bracteoles triangular.

    Distribution: Endemic to SE Brazil (from Paraná south to Rio Grande do Sul in Serra do Mar), in thickets and thicket margins adjacent to grassy campo, stream margins, at 350-1000(?) m alt. Flowering November and December.

    Illustration: Judd (1995), fig. 13.

    Type: Brazil. Paraná: Campina dos Tavares, Bocaiúva do Sul, 21 Nov 1970, Hatschbach & Guimaraes 25598 (holotype, US; isotypes, C, M, MO, NY, S, SP, UC).

  • Floras and Monographs

    Agarista niederleinii var. acutifolia Judd: [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.