Anthopteropsis insignis A.C.Sm.

  • Family

    Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Anthopteropsis insignis A.C.Sm.

  • Primary Citation

    Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28: 441. 1941

  • Type Specimens

    Specimen 1: Type -- P. H. Allen 2500

  • Description

    Description: Epiphytic shrub to 4 m tall, mature branches terete, glabrous; bark grayish when dry, cracking longitudinally; immature branches and twigs of new growth brown when dry. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic to oblong elliptic, (3-)4.5-6 x (1.5-)2-3 cm, basally rounded, narrowly rounded or subcordate, apically subacute, rounded, obtuse or bluntly short acuminate, glabrous except puberulous along the nerves above; 3(-5)-plinerved, the midrib, the lateral nerves and the veinlets reticulate, all raised slightly on both the surfaces; petioles subterete, slightly flattened above, puberulous, 2-3 mm long and ca. 2 mm in diam. Inflorescence 5-8(-12)-flowered; rachis coarsely angled, striate, glabrous, 2-13 mm long; floral bracts ovate to deltoid, acuminate to subacute, ca. 1.5 x 2 mm, marginally glandular fimbriate; pedicels subterete, rugulose, swollen distally, 10-20 mm long and 1-2 mm in diam., inconspicuously puberulous and with scattered fimbriae distally; bracteoles ovate to deltoid, acuminate to subacute, ca. 1-1.5 x 1 mm, marginally glandular-fimbriate, located at the middle of the pedicel. Flowers with the hypanthium fleshy, glabrous, bright pink to red, (5.5-)6-9 mm long and 8-10 mm in diam. including wings; hypanthium 4-5 mm long, the wings 1.5-2(-3) mm broad and conspicuously veined; limb 3-4 mm long; lobes apiculate; corolla cylindric, angled but not winged, yellow, glabrous but often with scattered glandular fimbriae, (16.5-)17-19 mm long and 3-4 mm in diam., the lobes 1-2 mm long and 2-2.5 mm wide, flaring at anthesis; stamens 9-10.5 mm long; filaments distinct but often adnate to base of the corolla tube, 2-3 mm long and ca. 1.3 mm wide at the base, marginally pilose distally and onto the connective; anthers 7-9 mm long; thecae 4-5.5 mm long, with a short caudate, occasionally pubescent, basal appendage; tubules flexible, acute, slightly narrower than the thecae, dehiscent over the entire length; style exserted, 18-20 mm long. Berry red, 7-9 mm long.

    Distribution: Endemic to central Panama.

    Type: Panama. Coclé: El Valle de Antón, Allen 2500 (holotype, A; isotypes, C, MO).

  • Floras and Monographs

    Anthopteropsis insignis A.C.Sm.: [Article] 1941. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28: 441.