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Type of: Themistoclesia unduavensis Luteyn

Collector Luteyn, J.L.
Number 15471
Collected with E.A. Powell & S. Beck
Country Bolivia
Subpart La Paz, Nor Yungas
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Locality Trail to Rio Coscapa, ca. 2.5 km E of Unduavi along new road to Coroico, and ca. 6 km W of Cotapata. Montane forest with Weinmannia, Clethra, Desfontainea, Miconia
Coordinates 16° 17' S 67° 53' W
Minimum elevation (m) 3200
Maximum elevation (m) 3350
Start date 2000/03/19
End date 2000/03/19
Family Ericaceae
Identification Themistoclesia unduavensis Luteyn
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Field notes Rhizomatous, subshrub, to 3 dm tall; leaves clustered near apex. Pedicels and calyx green, sometimes suffused red; calyx sharply, but narrowly winged. Corolla essentially urceolate, but base conspicuously swollen, the throat narrowed; corolla reddish-orange, the lobes green in bud but white at anthesis. Rare. [Photo, pickles; DNA, wood.]

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