Gaultheria sclerophylla var. hirsuta Luteyn

  • Family

    Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Gaultheria sclerophylla var. hirsuta Luteyn

  • Primary Citation

    Brittonia 41: 11. 1989

  • Type Specimens

    Specimen 1: Holotype -- J. L. Luteyn 11022

    Specimen 2: Holotype -- J. L. Luteyn 11022, verif. T. A. Zanoni, 2023

    Remarks: Fluid-preserved.

  • Description

    Description: Branchlets densely spreading to ascending hirsute but not appressed-strigose. Leaves hirsute beneath as well as short-glandular-setose. Calyx lobes only ciliolate.

    Distribution: Known from southern Colombia south to the Cordillera Llanganates of central Ecuador. Rare.

    Type: Ecuador. Imbabura: Ibarra to Mariano Acosta rd., 30 km E of Panamerican Hwy., 0°20'N, 78°3'W, 3680 m, 12 Jan 1985 (fl, fr), Luteyn & Cotton 11022 (holotype, NY; isotypes, AAU, CAS, COL, GB, MO, QCA, US).

  • Floras and Monographs

    Gaultheria sclerophylla var. hirsuta Luteyn: [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.