Vaccinium spiculatum C.Y.Wu & R.C.Fang

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Vaccinium

Characteristics

Shrubs evergreen, epiphytic, much branched. Twigs angled, densely dark brown hirsute, glabrescent; bud scales caducous. Leaves dense; petiole 0.5–1 mm; leaf blade elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 7–10 × 4–6 mm, papery or leathery, glabrous, secondary veins 1–3 pairs, from basal half, base broadly cuneate, margin slightly revolute, with 3–5 teeth at upper part of each side, apex acute, apiculate. Flowers solitary, axillary; bracts unknown. Pedicel ca. 0.5 mm. Flowers 4-merous. Hypanthium white pubescent; calyx lobes triangular-lanceolate, ca. 1 mm. Corolla white, tubular-urceolate, ca. 5.5 mm, densely pubescent; lobes minute. Stamens 4; filaments 1–1.5 mm, glabrous; anthers 2–2.5 mm, without spurs; tubules ca. 1/2 as long as thecae. Berry bluntly ellipsoid, 2–3 mm in diam. Fl. Nov–Jan of next year, fr. Feb.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Distribution

Vaccinium spiculatum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:933525-1
WFO ID wfo-0001048534
COL ID 7F94G
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Synonyms

Vaccinium spiculatum