Agarista revoluta var. velutina Judd

  • Family

    Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Agarista revoluta var. velutina Judd

  • Primary Citation

    J. Arnold Arbor. 65: 289. 1984

  • Type Specimens

    Specimen 1: Holotype -- J. da Silva Araújo 48, verif. J. L. Luteyn, 1994

  • Description

    Description: Twigs densely pubescent. Leaves with adaxial surface sparsely to moderately pubescent on midvein and adjacent lamina; abaxial surface densely velutinous on lamina and midvein. Flowers with pedicels 6-11 mm long, densely pubescent; calyx lobes with abaxial surface densely pubescent; corolla abaxially moderately pubescent, especially near apex; ovary ± densely pubescent.

    Distribution: Endemic to E Brazil, on coast near Salvador, Bahia, in coastal scrub. Flowering August and September.

    Type: Brazil. Bahia: Mpio. do Salvador, Dunas do Abaeté, 29 Aug 1976, Silva Araújo et al. 48 (holotype, NY; isotype, CEPEC, n.v.). Incorrectly cited as no. 49 in Judd (1984).

  • Floras and Monographs

    Agarista revoluta var. velutina 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.