- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60454382-2
- Publication
- Brittonia; a Series of Botanical Papers. New York, NY
- Collation
- 62(1): 44 (-46; fig. 3)
- Date of Publication
- 1 Mar 2010
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Ericaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- J. J. Wurdack 856
- Locality
- 2-4 km WSW of Pomacocha, alt. 2200-2400 m
- Collection Date
- 16 Jun 1962
- Type Herbaria
- holotype USM
isotype COL
isotype F
isotype K
isotype L
isotype NY
isotype UC
isotype US - Distribution Of Types
- Bongará (Amazonas, Peru, Western South America, Southern America)
Remarks
Etymology: specific epithet refers to the peculiar (idios) calyx, which is probably fleshy when fresh and very thick and irregularly wrinkled when dried.