Biology:Gaylussacia pulchra

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Short description: Species of fruit and plant

Gaylussacia pulchra
Gaylussacia pulchra Pohl127.png
1827 illustration[1]
Scientific classification edit
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]
  • Adnaria pulchra (Pohl) Kuntze

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

Wikidata ☰ Q15386925 entry