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Ericaceae-Neotropical Blueberries
James L. Luteyn and Paola Pedraza-Peñalosa
The New York Botanical Garden

BELIZE

1. Plants without chlorophyll, mycotrophic; pollen in monads ..................................... Monotropa uniflora
1. Plants with chlorophyll, autotrophic; pollen in tetrads.
        2. Ovary superior.
                3. Corolla polypetalous; flowers 5-7(-9)-merous ........................................... Bejaria aestuans
                3. Corolla sympetalous; flowers 5-merous.
                        4. Leaves beneath moderately (occasionally) to densely pubescent, hairs ± obscuring
                             surface .................................................................... Agarista mexicana var. pinetorum
                        4. Leaves beneath glabrous to occasionally sparsely pubescent, hairs not obscuring surface
                             ................................................................................. Agarista mexicana var. mexicana
        2. Ovary inferior.
                5. Stamens of equal lengths (i.e., filaments and anthers both of equal lengths).
                        6. Filaments connate; calyx angled ....................................................... Macleania insignis
                        6. Filaments distinct; calyx terete .......................................... Sphyrospermum cordifolium
                5. Stamens with filaments and/or anthers of unequal lengths
                        7. Filaments and anthers both of unequal lengths ……….…......….. Cavendishia laurifolia
                        7. Filaments or anthers (but not both) of unequal lengths.
                                    8. Filaments unequal, distinct or partially connate; anthers of equal lengths, with
                                          tubules parallel, not widening distally …........................... Orthaea brachysiphon
                                    8.   Filaments equal and connate over entire length; anthers of unequal lengths, with
                                          tubules widening distally.
                                               9. Corolla 10-12(-15) mm long ........................................ Satyria meiantha
                                               9. Corolla (15-)17-28 mm long ......................... ........ Satyria warszewiczii

List of Species

Agarista mexicana (Hemsl.) Judd
Agarista mexicana var. mexicana
Agarista mexicana var. pinetorum (Standl. & L.O.Williams) Judd

Bejaria aestuans L.

Cavendishia laurifolia (Klotzsch) Benth. & Hook.f.

Macleania insignis M.Martens & Galeotti

Monotropa uniflora L.

Orthaea brachysiphon (Sleumer) Luteyn

Satyria meiantha J.D.Sm.
Satyria warszewiczii Klotzsch

Sphyrospermum cordifolium Bentham