ERICACEAE

Baksh-Comeau, Yasmin S., Maharaj, Shobha S., Adams, Dennis, Harris, Stephen A., Filer, Denis L. & Hawthorne, William D., 2016, An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical ‘ hotspots’, Phytotaxa 250 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

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Orthaea apophysata (Griseb.) A.C.Sm., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 28: 516 (1932) Syn: Findlaya apophysata Hook.f. ; Orthaea pendula Tutin ; Sophoclesia apophysata Griseb. Habit : Epiphyte. Habitat: Forests of the Northern Range; open savanna and thicket margins. IUCN: NE. Star: BK. RBS Distribution Plots: TRINIDAD: Arena-Cumuto; Arima-Blanchisseuse Rd N; Grande Riviere-Matelot ; Matura-Salybia. RBS Vegetation Classes: (Sub-)Montane forest (Vegnum 2: 25% RBS samples); Moist lowland forest (Vegnum 3: 3% RBS samples). Vouchers (selected): TRINIDAD: Long Stretch, Broadway 6547 (BM). Global range: Guyana.

Psammisia urichiana (Britton) A.C.Sm., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 28: 393 (1932) Syn: Cavendishia urichiana Britton ; Psammisia recurvata Britton Common name: Wild Clove. Habit: Climber. Habitat: Terrestrial or epiphytic in montane and cloud forest. IUCN: NE. Star: BU. RBS Distribution Plots: TRINIDAD: Brasso Seco; Matura-Salybia. RBS Vegetation Classes: (Sub-)Montane forest (Vegnum 1: 38% RBS samples; Vegnum 2: 13% RBS samples). Vouchers (selected): TRINIDAD: Tucuche, Britton et al. 1294 (GH, NY), Broadway 7741 (BM); Aripo Heights, Britton & Freeman 2364 (GH, NY). Global range: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana.

Sphyrospermum buxifolium Poepp. & Endl. , Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 4, t.8 (1835) Syn: Sophoclesia trinitensis Britton ;

CHECKLIST TO VASCULAR PLANTS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Phytotaxa 250 (1) © 2016 Magnolia Press • 189 Sphyrospermum majus Griseb. Habit : Epiphyte. Habitat: Forests in wet mountainous districts. IUCN: LC. Star: GN. RBS Distribution Plots: TRINIDAD: Arima-Blanchisseuse Rd N; Brasso Seco; Cumaca; Matura-Salybia. RBS Vegetation Classes: (Sub-)Montane forest (Vegnum 1: 13% RBS samples; Vegnum 2: 13% RBS samples); Moist lowland forest (Vegnum 3: 6% RBS samples). Vouchers (selected): TOBAGO: Mt. St. George-Castara Road, near 8 m. p., Sandwith 1854 (K). TRINIDAD: Tucuche, Broadway 7743 (BM); Arima-Blanchisseuse Road, 10.5 m.p., Broadway 5597 (BM). Global range: Greater Antilles, Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia.

Sphyrospermum cordifolium Benth., Pl. Hartw. 222 (1846) Habit: Shrub. Habitat: Epiphytic or terrestrial in montane forest. IUCN: LC. Star: GN. Vouchers (selected): TOBAGO: Roxborough to Main Ridge Road, Clement & Ryves 284, (BM). TRINIDAD: Tucuche, Britton et al. 1316 ( GH, NY) ; Aripo Road, 4- 5 m.p., Broadway s.n. ( BM) . Global range: Greater Antilles , Mexico , Central America , Colombia , Venezuela , Guyana, French Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia .

Vaccinium latifolium (Griseb.) Benth. & Hook. f, Gen. Pl. 2: 575 (1876) Syn: Thibaudia latifolia Griseb. Habit : Climber. Habitat: Forests. IUCN: NE. Star: BK. Vouchers (selected): TRINIDAD: Tucuche, Crueger s.n. (TRIN1011), Freeman s.n. (TRIN 9107); Morne Bleu, Keeler-Woolf 384A (TRIN); Cerro del Aripo, Johnson 1023 (TRIN). Global range: Lesser Antilles (Grenada), northern Venezuela.