Lyonia glandulosa var. toaënsis (Acuña & Roíg) Berazaín

  • Family

    Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Lyonia glandulosa var. toaënsis (Acuña & Roíg) Berazaín

  • Primary Citation

    Feddes Repert. 96: 644. 1985

  • Basionym

    Lyonia toaensis Acuña & Roíg

  • Description

    Description: Twigs moderately to densely pubescent. Leaf blades obovate to widely obovate or orbicular, 2-5 x 1-4.8 cm, ± flat, length/width quotient 0.9-1.8; base cuneate to rounded; apex rounded to truncate; margin usually plane; midvein usually not depressed, the 2o veins not depressed. Pedicels sparsely pubescent.

    Distribution: Endemic to Cuba (Prov. Oriente, Pico Galano in Cuchillas de Toa (= Sierra del Frijol), near La Alegría, and Sierra de Imías), in high, dense thickets or moist montane forests, often enveloped in fog, at ca. 1000-1200 m elev.

    Type: Cuba. Oriente: At Laguna Galano, La Alegría, Toa, 2 Jan 1954, Bro. Alain 3853 (holotype, HAC, n.v.; isotypes, GH, NY).

    Illustration: Judd (1995), fig. 26.

  • Floras and Monographs

    Lyonia glandulosa var. toaënsis (Acuña & Roíg) Berazaín: [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.