Agapetes forrestii var. forrestii, W. E. Evans

Tong, Yi-Hua, Guo, Xiang-Long, Wang, Bing-Mou, Wang, Zi & Guo, Yong-Jie, 2024, Two new varieties of Agapetes (Ericaceae) from Xizang, China, PhytoKeys 249, pp. 1-11 : 1-11

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/phytokeys.249.133820

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14056410

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Agapetes forrestii var. forrestii
status

 

2 a. Agapetes forrestii var. forrestii View in CoL

Description.

Leaf blades 3–4 × 0.8–1.2 cm, apex acuminate, secondary veins arcuate. Peduncle glabrous. Corolla ca. 2 cm long.

Distribution and habitat.

Southeast Xizang and west Yunnan of China and north Myanmar. It grows on the tree trunks under evergreen forests at elevations of 1800–2700 m.

Phenology.

Flowering in December to May of next year.

Examined specimens.

China. Yunnan: Tengchong City, Langya Mountain , 2200–2400 m elev.; 14 April 1984; Wen-Zheng Li & Yin-Qing Guo 8411 ( SWFC) . Xizang Autonomous Region • Medog County, Beibeng Xiang, Xirang , De’endong ; 2300–2400 m elev.; 29 April 1983 (fl.); Bo-Sheng Li & Shu-Zhi Cheng 4396 ( PE, barcode nos. 01907990 & 01907988) ibid., Xirang, Sangxing ; 2300 m elev.; 26 April 1983 (fl.); Bo-Sheng Li & Shu-Zhi Cheng 4705 ( PE, barcode no. 01907985) ibid., Xirang, Xidengshan ; 2300 m elev.; 1 May 1983 (fl.); Bo-Sheng Li & Shu-Zhi Cheng 4770 ( PE, barcode no. 01907989) . Myanmar. Kachin State: Near Panwa Pass ; 7000–9000 ft elev.; 11 March 1939 (fl.); F. Kingdon-Ward 388 ( NY, barcode nos. 02651408 & 02651409, image) .

SWFC

Southwest Forestry College

PE

Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

NY

William and Lynda Steere Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Agapetes