Details for: PI 548867, Gaultheria amoena A. C. Sm., G. amoena


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Gaultheria amoena A. C. Sm.
Top Name:
G. amoena
Origin:
Collected – Ecuador
Received by NPGS:
10 Dec 1990
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Hybrid
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Gaultheria amoena A. C. Sm.
Top Name:
G. amoena
Origin:
Collected – Ecuador
Received by NPGS:
10 Dec 1990
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Hybrid
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
06 November 1990.
Ecuador
Locality: Just E of Laguna San Marcos and N slope along lake.
Coordinates: -0.1167, -77.8667 (Map it)
Elevation: 3477m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/Lon determined via Map location
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Paramo vegetation in outwash area and cloud forest along lake.
Comment: Collected wild by Ballington et al Trailing subshrub to 2dm tall. Rose-red corolla, mature calyx white. Locally common by road near lakeside. Potential evergreen groundcover. Wild. Seed.
Collector(s):
Donated
10 December 1990.
North Carolina, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
G. amoena
Type: Site identifier
Group: SPECIES
accession preserved for genes

14046
Type: Donor identifier
Group: OTHERNUM
other identifier

JB 1090
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
Exploration ID links

CGAU 20
Type: Inventory

Narrative
Trailing subshrub to 2dm tall. Corolla rose-red. Mature calyx white. Locally common by roadside near lake margin. Seedling rec'd 10-13-93 from Ballington.
Gaultheria amoena A. C. Sm.
Genus:
Gaultheria
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Vaccinioideae
Tribe:
Gaultherieae
Nomen number:

315876
Place of publication:

Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 29:340. 1950
Verified:
01/10/1991 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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  • Located at NY. Inventory sample: PI 548867.
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Description:
Collected from the wild in Ecuador