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Catalog (Accession) #:
739263
Occurrence ID (GUID):
bfbbee0f-b75d-4702-9ae6-444728f08d0d
Secondary Catalog (Accession) #:
1349677
Taxon:
Cavendishia quereme (Kunth) Benth. & Hook.f.
Family: Ericaceae
Family: Ericaceae
Collector:
Luteyn, James L. 3919
Date: 1973-06-02
Locality:
Costa Rica, Cartago, Along Hwy. 224, 9-11 km. east of Orosi and Tapanti.
9.768421 -83.800367 +-3036m.
Elevation:
1200 meters
(3936ft)
Habitat:
rooted in roadside banks, to 1.5 meters. Also epiphytic in pastures
Description:
[in pastures] with branches about 1 meter.; Stem bases about 1 inch in diameter, bark brown. Branches green . Leaves crip, coriaceous, glossy bullate, dark green above, green beneath. Bracts dark pinkish-rose. Rachis and pedicels green to green suffused heavily with rose. Calyx green in bud, tube green and limb paler at anthesis, calyz green post-anthesis. Corolla bluntly 5-angled, white at constricted base, orange middle 1/2, white upper 1/4 plus limb and lobes. Corolla not thick fleshy. Distinct wintergreen odor from all parts of plants. Shrub
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Rights Holder: Bell Museum, University of Minnesota
Access Rights: Users are required to adhere to Bell Museum collections policy. Questions may be directed to the curator in charge.
Record Id: bfbbee0f-b75d-4702-9ae6-444728f08d0d
For additional information on this specimen, please contact:
Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)
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