Cavendishia isernii var. pseudospicata (Sleumer) Luteyn

  • Family

    Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Cavendishia isernii var. pseudospicata (Sleumer) Luteyn

  • Primary Citation

    Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 35: 110, fig. 46C-E. 1983

  • Basionym

    Cavendishia pseudospicata Sleumer

  • Description

    Description: Inflorescence (including rachis, pedicels, calyces, and corollas) glabrous or pilose, also usually provided with glandular fimbriae. Calyx with hypanthium basally rounded, subtruncate, or rarely with a minute rim, slightly constricted at junction with limb; lobes ovate, oblong-ovate, or triangluar, cuspidate or acute, at anthesis imbricate, contiguous, or separate (then often imbricate when in bud or just prior to anthesis), marginally with distinct glandular fimbriae or the distal ones rarely fusing; sinuses none (when lobes imbricate) to narrowly U-shaped or obtuse.

    Distribution: Known only from the "Oriente" of Ecuador around Mera and Puyo (Pastaza Prov.), where it occurs in forest, marshy areas, and along steep roadcut slopes of the eastern foothills at elevations of 900-1100 m.

    Type: Ecuador. Pastaza: Mera, 1100 m, 1 Mar 1956 (fl), Asplund 19530 (neotype, designated by Luteyn (1983), NY; isoneotypes, B, G, K, L, LD, S, UPS, Z). The holotype specimen (Schultze-Rhonhof 2619) at B was destroyed.

  • Floras and Monographs

    Cavendishia isernii var. pseudospicata (Sleumer) Luteyn: [Article] Luteyn, James L. 1983. Ericaceae--part I. Cavendishia. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 35: 1-290.