Clethra canescens var. ledermannii (Schltr.) Sleumer

Variety

Angiosperms > Ericales > Clethraceae > Clethra > Clethra canescens

Characteristics

Leaves lanceolate-elliptic to lanceolate, apex acutely acuminate, base cuneate, thin-subcoria-ceous, younger and submature ones glabrous above, set with sparse rather coarse rufescent simple or fascicled and/or finer stellate hairs on midrib and nerves, hardly at veins beneath, intervenium glabrous, mature ones almost completely glabrous, rather sharply serrate in the upper part, 5-8(-11) by 2-3(-4) cm, nerves 12-14(-15) pairs, ± curved, subparallel, rather indistinctly inarching before the edge, prominent beneath, veins ± obscure; petiole rather slender, (0.7-)1-1.5 cm. Racemes panicled, all over covered with a very short tomentum of brownish to greyish stellate hairs, in which a few larger fascicled hairs occur, rather lax-flowered, 5-12 cm. Pedicels rather slender, 2-3 mm (in fruit 3-3.5 mm). Petals erose-crenulate, (3-)4 mm.
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In mountain (also mossy) forest, and in regrowths, (200-)400-1830 m. Fl. June-Sept.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Clethra canescens var. ledermannii world distribution map, present in Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77188457-1
WFO ID wfo-0000888411
COL ID 5YY9L
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Synonyms

Clethra ledermannii Clethra papuana Clethra canescens var. ledermannii