Gaultheria marticorenae
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'Gaultheria marticorenae' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Synonyms
- Pernettya mucronata var. angustifolia (Lindl.) Reiche
- Pernettya angustifolia Lindl.
Other taxa in genus
- Gaultheria adenothrix
- Gaultheria antipoda
- Gaultheria appressa
- Gaultheria borneensis
- Gaultheria codonantha
- Gaultheria colensoi
- Gaultheria crassa
- Gaultheria cuneata
- Gaultheria depressa
- Gaultheria eriophylla
- Gaultheria forrestii
- Gaultheria fragrantissima
- Gaultheria griffithiana
- Gaultheria hirtiflora
- Gaultheria hispida
- Gaultheria hispidula
- Gaultheria hookeri
- Gaultheria humifusa
- Gaultheria insana
- Gaultheria leucocarpa
- Gaultheria macrostigma
- Gaultheria miqueliana
- Gaultheria mucronata
- Gaultheria myrsinoides
- Gaultheria nummularioides
- Gaultheria oppositifolia
- Gaultheria ovatifolia
- Gaultheria parvula
- Gaultheria procumbens
- Gaultheria pumila
- Gaultheria pyroloides
- Gaultheria rupestris
- Gaultheria semi-infera
- Gaultheria shallon
- Gaultheria sinensis
- Gaultheria stapfiana
- Gaultheria subcorymbosa
- Gaultheria tasmanica
- Gaultheria tetramera
- Gaultheria thymifolia
- Gaultheria trichophylla
- Gaultheria wardii
- Gaultheria × wisleyensis
Editorial Note
A cursory glance through the Bean’s entries under the genus Pernettya is sufficient to reveal the rather murky state of ‘pernettya’ taxonomy when he was writing. Since then, not only has the entire genus has been sunk into Gaultheria, but much of the infraspecific complexity (with which Bean gallantly grappled) has been smoothed over. This species, treated by Bean as Pernettya angustifolia, gives a sense of the problems he faced. His text is reproduced below, adapted to update the nomenclature.
A full, revised treatment of the genus Gaultheria will be provided when funding is available: if you would like to sponsor the work please write to editor@treesandshrubsonline.org
This ‘pernettya’ was described by Lindley in 1840 from plants raised from Chilean seed (Bot. Reg., Vol. 26, t. 63). He did not compare it with G. mucronata (syn. Pernettya mucronata) from which it differs obviously in the shortness or virtual absence of the terminal spine. Some of the specimens in the Kew Herbarium originally referred to Pernettya angustifolia belong to Gaultheria myrsinoidies (syn. P. prostrata subsp. pentlandii). Others agree with G. mucronata but have narrowly elliptic leaves. Some appear to be intermediate and might be hybrids, as G. marticorenae itself possibly is. The Chilean ‘pernettyas’ occurring from the latitude of Chiloe island northward appear to be very variable and are in need of further study.