Epigaea gaultherioides

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Epigaea gaultherioides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Epigaea
Species:
E. gaultherioides
Binomial name
Epigaea gaultherioides
Synonyms [2]

Orphanidesia gaultherioidesBoiss. & Balansa

Epigaea gaultherioides is a species of flowering plant in the Ericaceae family. [1] It is native to Transcaucasia and Turkey. [2] [3]

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Description

Epigaea gaultherioides is an evergreen subshrub (height: 0.5 m). Leaves elliptical (long: 60-110 mm, wide: 30-55 mm), leathery, base cordate, apex acuminate, petiole pubescent (long: 5-15 mm). Inflorescence an axillary fascicles of 1-3 flowers. Flowers: campanulate calyx (long: 12-15 mm), with 5 oval lobes, funneliform and pink corolla, with 5 lobes. Subglobose capsules (long: 1 mm).

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References

  1. 1 2 "Epigaea gaultherioides (Boiss. & Balansa) Takht". World Flora Online. The World Flora Online Consortium. n.d. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Epigaea gaultherioides (Boiss. & Balansa) Takht". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
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