Gaylussacia pulchra
Species of fruit and plant
| Gaylussacia pulchra | |
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| 1827 illustration[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Gaylussacia |
| Species: | G. pulchra |
| Binomial name | |
| Gaylussacia pulchra Pohl 1828 not Miq. ex Meisn. 1863 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Gaylussacia pulchra is a plant species in the family Ericaceae. It is native to the States of Bahia and Minas Gerais in eastern Brazil.[3]
Gaylussacia pulchra is a woody, branching shrub. Leaves are lance-shaped, dark green on the upper surface, whitish on the underside. Flowers are scarlet, tubular, in axillary racemes. Fruits have 10 chambers, each with one seed.[1][4]
References
- ^ a b Pohl, Johann Baptist Emanuel 1828. Plantarum Brasiliae Icones et Descriptiones 2: plate 127 full-page color illustration
- ^ Tropicos, Gaylussacia pulchra Pohl
- ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Archived September 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pohl, Johann Baptist Emanuel 1828. Plantarum Brasiliae Icones et Descriptiones 2: 41-42 in Latin
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