Gaylussacia pulchra

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Gaylussacia pulchra
Illustration from 1827 [1]

Illustration from 1827

Systematics
Class : Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
Asterids
Order : Heather-like (Ericales)
Family : Heather family (Ericaceae)
Genre : Gaylussacia
Type : Gaylussacia pulchra
Scientific name
Gaylussacia pulchra
Pohl 1828 not Miq. ex Meisn. 1863

Gaylussacia pulchra is a species of the heather family. It is native to Brazil , namely in the states of Bahia and Minas Gerais in the east of the country.

description

Gaylussacia pulchra is a woody, branched shrub. The leaves are lanceolate, dark green on top and whitish on the underside. The flowers are scarlet, tubular and sit on flower stalks in the leaf axils. The fruits have 10 chambers with one seed each.

Synonyms

The Plant List , a joint venture between the Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) and the Missouri Botanical Garden , lists the following synonym:

  • Adnaria pulchra (Pohl) Kuntze

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl: Plate 127 . In: Plantarum Brasiliae Icones et Descriptiones . 2, 1828. Retrieved May 3, 2019. "full-page colored illustration"
  2. ↑ RC Forzza: Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro . 2010. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015.
  3. ^ Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl: Gaylussacia pulchra . In: Plantarum Brasiliae Icones et Descriptiones . 2, 1828, pp. 41-42.
  4. ↑ Rubus occidentalis L. . The Plant List. Retrieved April 26, 2019.

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