Anthopteropsis insignis A.c.sm. In Woodson & Schery

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Anthopteropsis

Characteristics

Epiphytic shrub to 4 m tall, mature branches terete, glabrous; bark grayish when dry, cracking longitudinally; immature branches and twigs of new growth subterete or bluntly angled, somewhat striate, puberulous, yellowish or reddish brown when dry. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic to oblong elliptic, (3-)4.5-6 cm long, (1.5-)2-3 cm wide, 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 2 mm in diam-eter. 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 mm long, ca. 2 mm wide, marginally glandular fimbriate; pedicels subterete, rugulose, swollen distally, 10-20 mm long, 1-2 mm in diameter, inconspicuously puberulous and with scattered glandular fimbriae distally; bracteoles ovate to deltoid, acu-minate to subacute, ca. 1-1.5 mm long, 1 mm wide, marginally glandular fim-briate, located at the middle of the pedicel. Flowers with the hypanthium fleshy, glabrous, bright pink to red, (5.5-) 6-9 mm long, 8-10 mm in diameter including wings, the tube 4-5 mm long, the limb 3-4 mm long, the lobes apiculate, the wings 1.5-2(-3) mm broad and conspicuously veined, corolla cylindric, angled but not winged, yellow, glabrous but often with scattered glandular fimbriae, (16.5-)17-19 mm long, 3-4 mm in diameter, the lobes 1.0-2.0 mm long, 2.0-2.5 mm wide, flaring at anthesis; stamens 9-10.5 mm long, the filaments dis-tinct but often adnate to base of the corolla tube, 2.0-3.0 mm long, 1.3 mm wide
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at the base, marginally pilose distally and onto the connective, the anthers 7-9 mm long, the thecae 4.0-5.5 mm long, with a short, caudate, occasionally pu-bescent, basal appendage, the 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.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 4.0
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Distribution

Anthopteropsis insignis world distribution map, present in Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:15031-2
WFO ID wfo-0000538575
COL ID 67FKS
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Synonyms

Anthopteropsis insignis