Diplycosia retusa Sleumer

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Diplycosia

Characteristics

Shrub, apparently epiphytic. Branchlets slender, laxly foliate, glabrous. Leaves obovate, apex rounded, the terminal gland thick and ± prominent, base cuneate, subcoriaceous, glabrous, entire or with some minute impressed glandular crena-tions on the subcartilaginous margin, 3-4 by 1.5-2 cm, midrib slightly impressed above, somewhat raised beneath, nerves in 1-2 pairs ascendent from and from above the base of the lamina, high-curved, anastomosing, rather obscure or very little sunken above, faintly raised beneath; petiole 4-5 mm. Flowers solitary. Pedicels very slender, glabrous, 1.5 cm. Bracteoles ovate, glabrous, 1 mm. Calyx glabrous, 5-lobed to nearly the base, lobes deltoid, acutish, 2.5 mm, glandular-ciliate. Corolla elongate-campanulate, 10 mm, apparently white, glabrous, lobes 3 mm. Filaments wavy, linear, glabrous, 2 mm; anther-cells 1.5 mm; tubules 1 mm. Ovary glabrous; style 5 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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1300-1700 m. Fl.--09.
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327950-1
WFO ID wfo-0000650836
COL ID 7VJ77
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Synonyms

Diplycosia retusa