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Gaylussacia pulchra

Gaylussacia pulchra
Gaylussacia pulchra Pohl127.png
1827 illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Gaylussacia
Species: G. pulchra
Binomial name
Gaylussacia pulchra
Pohl 1828 not Miq. ex Meisn. 1863
Synonyms
  • Adnaria pulchra (Pohl) Kuntze

Gaylussacia pulchra is a Brazilian plant species in the heath family. It is native to the States of Bahia and Minas Gerais in eastern Brazil.

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.


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