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

LESSER ANTILLES

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See Bornstein, A. J. 1989. Ericaceae, in Flora of the Lesser Antilles 3: 27-34.
1.  Ovary superior;  fruit a capsule surrounded by the fleshy, accrescent calyx .. Gaultheria domingensis
1.  Ovary inferior;  fruit a berry.
     2.  Inflorescences 4-8-flowered;  calyx narrowly winged;  corolla red;  pedicels 20-29 mm long;
          staminal filaments glabrous, 1.5-2 mm long, shorter than the anthers;  anther tubules 2.5-3.5(-6)
          mm long ............................................................................................... Gonocalyx smilacifolius
      2.  Inflorescences 5-30-flowered;  calyx not winged;  corolla white or greenish-white;  pedicels
           7-25 mm long;  staminal filaments ciliate and pubescent, 2.5-4.5 mm long, longer than or equal
           to the anthers;  anther tubules ca. 1 mm long.
           1.  Inflorescences axillary;  corolla tubular-cylindric, white, membranous;  pedicels 7-15 mm
                long ................................................................................................... Vaccinium latifolium
           1.  Inflorescences apparantly terminal;  corolla campanulate-urceolate, greenish, carnose;
                pedicels 10-25 cm long ................................................................... Vaccinium racemosum

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Gaultheria domingensis Urban

Gonocalyx smilacifolius (Griseb.) A. C. Sm.

Vaccinium latifolium (Griseb.) Benth. & Hook. f.

Vaccinium racemosum (Vahl) Wilbur & Luteyn

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