Agarista oleifolia (Cham.) G.Don var. oleifolia

  • Family

    Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Agarista oleifolia (Cham.) G.Don var. oleifolia

  • Primary Citation

    Amer. J. Bot. Gen. Hist. (G. Don) 3: 838. 1834

  • Basionym

    Andromeda oleifolia Cham.

  • Description

    Description: Shrub (to small tree) to 3(-6) m tall; twigs glabrous to sparsely pubescent. Leaves with petiole 2-8 mm long; blade (2-)2.5-8.5(-10.5) x 0.4-2.8 cm, base cuneate, abaxial surface glabrous to sparsely pubescent on midvein. Inflorescences (2.5-)3-12 cm long; rachis sparsely to densely pubescent; pedicels glabrous to densely pubescent. Flowers with corolla red to white, 7.5-12 mm long; filaments 5.3-6.8 mm long; anthers 1-1.5 mm long; ovary glabrous to sparsely pubescent. Capsules 2.5-4 x 4-6.5 mm.

    Distribution: Endemic to SE Brazil (S and C Minas Gerais and adjacent portions of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo), along margins of forests and thickets, frequently along rivers or streams, bogs, open rocky campo, at 800-2100 m alt. Flowering chiefly August through October.

    Illustration: Judd (1995), fig. 7.

    Type: Brazil. Minas Gerais: Itambé, Sellow s.n. (holotype, B, destroyed; frag. of holotype, F, NY; photo of holotype, GH; isotypes, E, G, K, L).

  • Floras and Monographs

    Agarista oleifolia (Cham.) G.Don var. oleifolia: [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.