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1. Ovary superior.
2. Fruit and calyx dry.
3.
Petiole slender, flexuous, elongate, (3.5-)5-17 mm long; leaves
± flat, the base cuneate to rounded and often slightly asymmetric,
the apex acuminate .............................................. Agarista
boliviensis
3.
Petiole stout, not flexuous, short, 2.5-6 mm long; leaves plane to
very slightly revolute especially near base, the base itself rounded
to cordate, the apex acute- to rounded-mucronate or slightly
acuminate ....................................................... Agarista
paraguayensis
2. Fruit fleshy (berry), or fruit
dry (capsule) but with calyx fleshy.
4.
Fruit a true berry .................................................. Pernettya
prostrata
4.
Fruit a capsule, surrounded by the fleshy calyx.
5. Plants with multicellular hairs which are eglandular ...
..................................................................... Gaultheria
bracteata
5. Plants with multicellular hairs which are usually conspicuously
gland-tipped ...................................................... Gaultheria
erecta
1. Ovary inferior.
6. Ovary with a single ovule in
each of the 10 locules; fruit a drupe
with 10 pyrenes ..................................................Gaylussacia
cardenasii
6. Ovary with few to numerous
ovules in each of the 5 locules;
fruit a many-seeded berry ................................. Vaccinium
floribundum
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Agarista boliviensis (Sleumer) Judd
Agarista paraguayensis (Sleumer) Judd
Gaultheria bracteata (Cav.) Sleumer
Gaultheria erecta Vent.
Gaylussacia cardenasii A.C.Sm.
Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) DC.
Vaccinium floribundum Kunth in H.B.K.
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