Comarostaphylis polifolia subsp. minor (Small) Diggs

  • Family

    Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Comarostaphylis polifolia subsp. minor (Small) Diggs

  • Primary Citation

    Brittonia 38: 346. 1986

  • Description

    Description: Erect to spreading, much-branched shrubs, 1-4 m tall; young twigs and petioles subglabrous to puberulent or tomentulose, trichomes usually eglandular. Leaves plane to weakly revolute, 2.2-6.6 x 0.3-1.9 cm, lower surface nearly glabrous to puberulent. Inflorescences: rachis, pedicels, bracts, bracteoles, and calyx puberulent to tomentulose or slightly canescent, trichomes usually eglandular. Flowers: ovary glabrous. Fruit 4-7 mm in diam.

    Distribution: Distribution. Endemic to Mexico, to the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains of Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, and San Luis Potosí, in dry, often degraded areas of matorral xerofilo (Rzedowski, 1978), but is also known from xeric forests dominated by Pinus cembroides, at elevations of 1600-2800 m. Flowering, Mar-Jul.; fruiting, May-Sep.

    Type: Mexico. Tamaulipas: Near Miquihuana, 10 June 1893 (im fr), Nelson 4469 (holotype, US, photos, NY(3) s.n. & Diggs neg. 34; isotype, GJ).

  • Floras and Monographs

    Comarostaphylis polifolia subsp. minor (Small) Diggs: [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.