Gaultheria serrata var. organensis (Meisn.) Luteyn

  • Family

    Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Gaultheria serrata var. organensis (Meisn.) Luteyn

  • Primary Citation

    Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 66: 458. 1995

  • Basionym

    Gaultheria organensis Meisn.

  • Common Names

    urze dos órgãos

  • Description

    Description: Mature stems and twigs moderately to densely hirsute with spreading to ascending, basally swollen, straight to crisped, ferruginous, eglandular hairs to 3.5 mm long, glabrate but then scabrous (± punctate) due to remnant hair bases. Petioles hirsute all over. Rachis and pedicels puberulent and also moderately to densely hirsute with hairs similar to those of twigs but to only 2 mm long. Corolla short-pilose, also sometimes short-hirsute to strigose.

    Distribution: Endemic to Brazil, from Minas Gerais to Santa Catarina.

    Type: Brazil. Rio de Janeiro: Serra dos Orgãos, in 1841 (fl), Gardner 5803 (lectotype designated by Luteyn, 1995, W; isotypes, B, destroyed, photo F neg. 4755, CGE, FI, G, K, NY, OXF, W).

    llustration: Fl. Il. Catarin. ERIC, p. 7. 1975.

    Common names: Brazil: urze dos órgãos (Santa Catarina)

  • Floras and Monographs

    Gaultheria serrata var. organensis (Meisn.) 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.