Pernettya mucronata (L.f.) Gaud. ex Sprengel
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Pernettya mucronata (L.f.) Gaud. ex Sprengel in Sprengel, Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 4(2), 158 (1827)
Nomenclature
(L.f.) Gaud. ex Sprengel
L.f.
Sprengel
1827
158
ICN
species
Pernettya mucronata
Classification
Subordinates
Descriptions
Pernettya mucronata (L.f.) Gaud. ex Sprengel
Shrub to 1 m high, clump-forming with ± erect habit, strongly suckering, glabrous except infl. Young shoots reddish or reddish purple. Lvs 8-25 × 2-7 mm, narrow to broad-elliptic, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, coriaceous, shining above; midrib raised beneath; margin ± recurved, entire or serrulate; apex with a spiny mucro. Fls solitary in upper lf axils. Pedicels 6-8 mm long, minutely puberulent, curved towards apex. Bracts and bracteoles 1-1.5 mm long, ovate, glabrous. Calyx 2-2.5 mm long; lobes ovate or triangular, glabrous, acute, not accrescent, remaining membranous. Corolla 3.5-5 mm long, broad-ovoid, ± urceolate, white; lobes short, recurved. Stamens with filaments broadly dilated at base, minutely puberulent; anthers with 2 short erect awns, minutely puberulent. Fr. a berry 6-10 mm diam., depressed-globose, usually pink, sometimes white, glossy.
Taxonomic concepts
Pernettya mucronata (L.f.) Gaud. ex Sprengel
Pernettya mucronata (L.f.) Gaud. ex Sprengel
Pernettya mucronata (L.f.) Gaud. ex Sprengel
Pernettya mucronata (L.f.) Gaud. ex Sprengel
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c620a843-e5e6-4315-883b-baf11328ea7b
scientific name
Names_Plants
13 March 2002
4 July 2006