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Accession Data:

Cavendishia bracteata (Ruiz & Pav. ex J.St.-Hil.) Hoerold

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Ericaceae Juss.
  • Synonym(s): Thibaudia bracteata

  • Country of Origin: southern Mexico to Bolivia
  • Habitat: epiphyte in tropical forest

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 202400075
  • Source: Smith College
  • Provenance: 
    Smith College, cuttings received Feb 15, 2024
  • Accession Date: 09-10-2024
  • Bench: 3116 - EVO: Propagation - Mist
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 11-29-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: asterids
  • Order: Ericales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Ericaceae
  • SubFamily: Vaccinioideae
  • Tribe: Vaccinieae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru

References (external):

data regenerated on Fri, 29 Nov 2024 12:16:31 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Ericaceae

Subfamily Ericoideae
Tribe Rhodoreae

  • Rhododendron unidentified - sp (sect. vireya)

Subfamily Vaccinioideae
Tribe Vaccinieae

  • Anthopterus wardii
  • Cavendishia adenophora
  • Cavendishia bracteata
  • Ceratostema rauhii
  • Ceratostema silvicola
  • Macleania coccoloboides
  • Macleania insignis
  • Macleania smithiana
  • Sphyrospermum dissimile
W/C = Wild Collected
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= accession added within past 90 days
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