Gaultheria myrsinoides

Gaultheria myrsinoides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Vaccinioideae
Tribus: Gaultherieae
Genus: Gaultheria
Sectio: G. sect. Pernettya
Species: Gaultheria myrsinoides

Name

Gaultheria myrsinoides Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3(11): 283. 1818 [1819]. – Nov. Gen. Sp. (folio ed.) 3(11): 221(–222). 1818 [1819]. (as Gualtheria myrsinoides)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Pernettya myrsinoides (Kunth) Zucc., Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 2: 335. 1837, comb. inval.
  • Pernettya myrsinoides (Kunth) Zucc. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2(10): 306. 1841. (as Pernettia myrsinoides)
  • Pernettya prostrata var. myrsinoides (Kunth) Sleumer, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12(115): 646(–647). 1935.

• Heterotypic
  • Andromeda prostrata Cav., Icon. [Cavanilles] 6: 43, t. 562, fig. 2. 1801. – non Gaultheria prostrata W.W.Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 11(55): 210. 1920.
  • Gaultheria ciliata Schltdl. & Cham., Linnaea 5(1): 126. 1830. (as Gualtheria ciliata)
  • Arbutus pilosa Graham, Bot. Mag. 59(8): [1], t. 3177. 1832.
  • Pernettya cavanillesiana G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 837. 1834, nom. illeg. superfl.
  • Pernettya pilosa (Graham) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 837. 1834.
  • Pernettya purpurea D.Don ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 837. 1834.
  • Pernettya ciliaris D.Don ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 837. 1834.
  • Pernettya pentlandii DC., Prodr. 7(2): 587. 1839. (as P. Pentlandii)
  • Pernettya elliptica DC., Prodr. 7(2): 587. 1839.
  • Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) DC., Prodr. 7(2): 609. 1839.
  • Pernettya buxifolia M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9(6): 538. 1842. (as Pernettia buxifolia) – non Pernettya buxifolia Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 43: 508. 1873, nom. illeg. hom.
  • Gaultheria hirsuta M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9(6): 540. 1842. – non Gaultheria hirsuta Gardner ex C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 3(9): 458. 1882, comb. inval. pro syn.
  • Pernettya angustata Benth., Pl. Hartw.: 219. 1846.
  • Pernettya parvifolia Benth., Pl. Hartw.: 219. 1846. – non Pernettya parvifolia Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 90: 194. 1895, nom. illeg. hom.
  • Pernettya halliana Klotzsch, Linnaea 24(1): 84(–85). 1851. (as P. Halliana)
  • Pernettya coriacea Klotzsch, Linnaea 24(1): 85. 1851.
  • Pernettya setigera Klotzsch, Linnaea 24(1): 85. 1851.
  • Pernettya pentlandii var. parvifolia (Benth.) Wedd., Chlor. Andina 2(12–13): 170. 1857 [1860]. (as β parvifolia)
  • Pernettya pentlandii subvar. humilis Wedd., Chlor. Andina 2(12–13): 170. 1857 [1860].
  • Pernettya humilis Planch. ex Wedd., Chlor. Andina 2(12–13): 170. 1857 [1860], nom. inval. pro syn.
  • Pernettya robusta Wedd., Chlor. Andina 2(12–13): 171. 1857 [1860].
  • Pernettya oerstediana Klotzsch ex Oerst., Amer. Centr.: 9. 1863, nom. nud. (as Pernettya Örstediana)
  • Pernettya congesta Klotzsch ex Oerst., Amer. Centr.: 9. 1863, nom. nud.
  • Pernettya ciliaris var. alpina Donn.Sm., Bot. Gaz. 25(3): 148. 1898.
  • Pernettya purpurea var. angustata (Benth.) Wedd. ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 192(–193). 1898.
  • Pernettya purpurea var. parvifolia (Benth.) Wedd. ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 193. 1898.
  • Pernettya purpurea var. pentlandii (DC.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 193. 1898. (as β Pentlandii)
  • Pernettya ciliata (Schltdl. & Cham.) Small, N. Amer. Fl. 29(1): 82. 1914. (as Pernettia ciliata)
  • Gaultheria sanmartensis Rusby, Descr. S. Amer. Pl.: 73(–74). 1920. (as Gaultheria sanmartansis)
  • Pernettya albiflora B.Fedtsch. & Basil., Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 6: 25. 1926.
  • Pernettya densa Rusby, Phytologia 1(2): 70. 1934.
  • Pernettya schizostigma Rusby, Phytologia 1(2): 70(–71). 1934.
  • Gaultheria martaensis Rusby, Phytologia 1(2): 71. 1934, nom. nud.
  • Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) Sleumer, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12(113): 289(–290). 1935, isonym
  • Pernettya prostrata var. euprostrata Sleumer, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12(113): 290. 1935, nom. inval. (as var. eu-prostrata)
  • Pernettya prostrata var. purpurea (D.Don ex G.Don) Sleumer, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12(113): 290. 1935.
  • Pernettya prostrata var. pentlandii (DC.) Sleumer, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12(113): 290. 1935. (as var. Pentlandii)
  • Pernettya prostrata var. angustata (Benth.) Sleumer, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12(113): 290. 1935.
  • Andromeda purpurea Ruiz & Pav. ex Sleumer, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12(113): 290. 1935, nom. inval. pro syn.
  • Pernettya leucantha Linden ex Sleumer, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12(115): 644. 1935, nom. inval. pro syn.
  • Pernettya prostrata var. elliptica (DC.) Sleumer, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12(115): 646. 1935.
  • Gaultheria alpina (Donn.Sm.) Sleumer, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13(117): 207. 1936. – non Gaultheria alpina Mart. ex Meisn., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 7: 150. 1863, nom. inval. pro syn.
  • Pernettya hirsuta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Camp, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 66(1): 23. 1939.
  • Pernettya mexicana Camp, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 66(1): 24. 1939.
  • Pernettya obovata Camp, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 66(1): 24(–25). 1939.
  • Pernettya tomasii Camp, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 66(1): 25. 1939. (as Pernettya Tomasii)
  • Pernettya saxicola Standl. & Steyerm., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23(3): 139. 1944. (as Pernettia saxicola)
  • Pernettya prostrata subsp. pentlandii (DC.) B.L.Burtt, Bot. Mag. 167: t. 127. 1950.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Southern America Central America Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Northern South America Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Southern South America Argentina Northwest. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bentham, G. 1839–1857. Plantas Hartwegianas imprimis mexicanas adjectis nonnullis Grahamianis enumerat novasque describit Georgius Bentham. 393 pp. Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. 
• Cavanilles, A.I. 1800–1801. Icones et descriptiones plantarum, quae aut sponte in Hispania crescunt, aut in hortis hospitantur. Vol. VI. 97 pp., tt. 501–600. Ex Regia Typographia, Matriti [Madrid]. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Don, G. 1834. A general history of the dichlamydeous plants, comprising complete descriptions of the different orders; ...; the whole arranged according to the natural system. Vol. III. — Calyciiflorae. VIII+867 pp. J.G. and F. Rivington, et al., London. BHL Reference page. 
• Kunth, C.S. 1819. Ericeae. Juss. Pp. 263–299, tt. 248–264 in Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S., Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt, Tomus 3 (quarto ed.). Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• Kunth, C.S. 1819. Ericeae. Juss. Pp. 206–233, tt. 248–264 in Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S., Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt, Tomus 3 (folio ed.). Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. e-rara.ch Reference page. 
• Klotzsch, J.F. 1851. Studien über die natürliche Klasse Bicornes Linné. Linnaea 24: 1–88. BHL Reference page. 
• Rusby, H.H. 1920. Descriptions of three hundred new species of South American plants, with an index to previously published South American species by the same author. 170 pp. Published by the author, New York. BHL Reference page. 
• Sleumer, H. 1935. Ericaceae americanae novae vel minus cognitae II. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 12: 277–294. DOI: 10.2307/3994889 Reference page. 
• Weddell, H.A. 1860. Ord. XXII. Ericaceae. Pp. 168–183 in Chloris Andina. Essai d'une flore de la région alpine des Cordillères de l'Amérique du Sud, Tome 2. P. Bertrand, Paris. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Luteyn, J.L. 1995. 17. Pernettya Gaudichaud. Pp. 365–383 in Luteyn, J.L. (ed.), Ericaceae — Part II. The superior-ovaried genera (Monotropoideae, Pyroloideae, Rhododendroideae, and Vaccinioideae p.p.) (Flora Neotropica, Monograph 66.) The New York Botanical Garden, New York. ISBN 978-0-89327-473-3 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Luteyn, J.L. & Vidal-Lemus, M.L. 2015. Ericaceae. Pp. 1–35, tt. 1–43 in Flora de la Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reyno de Granada (1783–1816) promovida y dirigida por José Celestino Mutis. Tomo XXI: Ericaceae, Fabaceae subfamilia Faboideae p.p., Fabaceae subfamilia Mimosoideae y Ochnaceae. Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia (ICANH), Bogotá. ISBN 978-958-8852-10-2 Biblioteca Digital Reference page.  (as Pernettya prostrata)
• Luteyn, J.L. & Wilbur, R.L. 2010. Ericaceae. Pp. 239–283 in Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. V, Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae–Gunneraceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-935641-01-8. Reference page.  (as Pernettya prostrata)
• Macbride, J.F. 1959. Ericaceae. In Flora of Peru. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(5/1): 50–149. BHL Reference page.  (as Pernettya prostrata)

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Gaultheria myrsinoides. Published online. Accessed: 10 June 2018.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Gaultheria myrsinoides.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pernettya prostrata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2018-06-10.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Gaultheria myrsinoides. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 June 10. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2018. Gaultheria myrsinoides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 June 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Pernettya prostrata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 June 2018.
• Pernettya prostrata in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 10 June 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Pernettya prostrata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 June 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Pernettya prostrata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 June 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Pernettya prostrata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 June 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Pernettya prostrata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 June 2018.
• Pernettya prostrata in Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Accessed: 10 June 2018.

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