Vaccinium puberulum Klotzsch ex Meisn. var. puberulum

  • Family

    Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Vaccinium puberulum Klotzsch ex Meisn. var. puberulum

  • Primary Citation

    Fl. Bras. (Martius) 7: 128. 1863

  • Type Specimens

    Specimen 1: Holotype fragment -- M. R. Schomburgk 868, verif. J. L. Luteyn, 1988

  • Description

    Description: Terrestrial shrub to small tree, 0.5-4 m tall. Cloud forest, open forest, open shrubby savanna, scrub, savanna edge, 100-2600 m. Widespread in Venezuela (Bolívar and Amazonas), Guyana, and N Guayanan Brazil.

  • Floras and Monographs

    Vaccinium puberulum Klotzsch ex Meisn. var. puberulum: [Article] Maguire, Bassett. 1978. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part X. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 29: 1-288.