Agarista pulchella Cham. ex G.Don var. pulchella

  • Family

    Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Agarista pulchella Cham. ex G.Don var. pulchella

  • Description

    Description: Shrub to 2(-3) m tall; twigs glabrous to densely pubescent. Leaves with petiole 1.5-5 mm long; blade 1.2-4(-5) x 0.4-1.8(-2.8) cm, margin not (slighlty) sinuous; adaxial and abaxial surfaces glabrous to sparsely pubescent on midvein. Inflorescences axillary racemes (axillary panicles, or terminal racemes or panicles) to 2-7(-12) cm long; rachis glabrous to densely pubescent. Flowers with corolla 7.5-13 x 3-5 mm; filaments 4.8-6.5 mm long. Capsules 3-4 x 5.5-6 mm, placentae central (to subapical); seeds 0.8-1.3 mm long.

    Distribution: Endemic to SE Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina, and adjacent regions of São Paulo), in gallery forests along rivers or streams, bogs, thickets or thicket-margins, sandy or rocky campo, at (110-)780-1500 m alt. Flowering (August) September through November (December).

    Illustration: Judd (1995), fig. 8.

    Type: Brazil. Minas Gerais: Antônio Pereira (see Meissner in Martius, 1863), Sellow 4830 (holotype, B, destroyed; frag. of holotype, F, NY; photos of holotype, F, GH).

    Taxonomic notes: Agarista mariana Linnaeus =Lyonia mariana (Linnaeus) D. Don cited in synonymy

  • Floras and Monographs

    Agarista pulchella Cham. ex G.Don var. pulchella: [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.