Calceolaria andina Benth.

Place of Publication

Prodr. [DC.] 10: 219 (1846)

Type citation

Syntypes: CHILE. V Región de Valparaíso, Prov. Colchagua, in rupestribus editioribus andium Talcaregué, II.1831 Gay [103] (P); Gay s.n. (F, K, P); Gay [1056] (P); V Región de Valparaíso, Prov. de Los Andes, Mountains of Aconcagua/ Cordillera, 1832, Bridges 95 (BM, E, K, W?); [Valparaíso, 1831, 1832?], Cuming 530 (BM, E, K, W); Cuming s.n. [probably also collection 530] (G!). Lectotype, (designated by Ehrhart 2005): Mountains of Aconcagua/Cordillera, 1832, Bridges 95 (K!; isotypes: BM, E, W?)

Synonyms

Calceolaria secunda Witasek

References

de Candolle (1846)

de Candolle, A.P. 1846. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum hucusque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta, vol. 10. Parisiis: sumptibus Sociorum Treuttel et Würtz
Ehrhart (2005)

Ehrhart , C 2005. The Chilen Calceolaria integrifolia a.l. species complex (Scrophulariaceae). Systematic Botany 30: 383-411

Iconography

Ehrhart (2005): Fig. 18

Regions

Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana, Del General Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins and Maule

Habitat

Semidesert and Semiarid Andean cordillera

Distribution and habitat

Relatively widely distributed in Subandean and Andean regions on rocky slopes between 800 and 3000 m.

Distribution

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Descriptions

Ehrhart (2005)

Habit

Subshrub 10–50 cm tall

Key characteristics

Calceolaria andina can be distinguished from the other species of the C. integrifolia group by being dwarf subshrubs and when growing on rocky slopes, they rarely reach more than 30 cm. The leaves are ovate, the base varying from attenuate to distinctly obtuse. The inflorescence is mostly quite reduced comprising one or two pairs of cymes, rarely three, the cymes usually with only few flowers (Ehrhart, 2005).

Notes

Seed of this species is banked by the national seed bank of Chile, INIA.