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Family: Ericaceae
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Cavendishia ruiz-teranii Luteyn
Isotype of Cavendishia ruiz-teranii Luteyn
Collection number: 6099
Collection date: 31st October 1978
Country/Territory: Venezuela:Mérida
Collecting locality: Venezuela:Mérida:Edo Merida: Trail leading from La Negrita to the Boqueron of teh Quebrada de las Canas.
Habitat: Vegetation: Páramo dominated by Espeletia shultzii
Description: Epiphytic or terrestrial shrub with stems 5 cm in daimeter and 4 m tall; rachis, floral bracts, bracteoles, pedicels, calyx and lower 3/4 of corolla bright dark waxy red, upper 1/4 of corolla pale yellowish-white; floral bracts concave and nearly perpendicular to rachis at anthesis; corolla fleshy, 2-3 mm thick; filametns white; anthers golden yellow. Corollas infested with mites.
Miscellaneous notes: Scattered betweeen 2930-2990 m.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E00326993
Herbarium region: 17 (W. Tropical South America)
Number of sheets: 1
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