Taxonomy

  • Family: Lentibulariaceae
  • Genus: Pinguicula
  • Name: Pinguicula lignicola
  • Sub-classification (Casper): link
  • Publication: Barnhart in Britton in Mem. Torr. Bot. Cl. 16 (1920) 110

Description (In Casper)

Perennis. Epiphytica in ramulis arborum et fruticum. Vivipara. Rhizoma simplex longum (+/- 10 mm) radicibus filiformibus adventitiis numerosis apice in discum adhaerentem ovalem vel suborbicularem +/- 1 mm diametro pilosum ampliatis. Folia numerosa (10 - 20) radicalia +/- dense rosulata subsessilia integerrima circuiti oblongo-spatulata rotundata margine parum revoluta superne glandulis sessilibus dense glandulis stipitatis disperse vestita (5) 7 - 12 (15) mm longa 1 - 3 mm lata. Hibernacula nulla. Pedicelli 1 - 3 erecti filiformes apicem versus angustati glandulis stipitatis disperse obsiti basin versus pilis longis villosis (15) 25 - 40 (58) mm alti uniflori. Flores parvi 8 - 15 mm longi (calcari incluso). Calyx bilabiatus extus glandulis stipitatis disperse obsitus; labium superum plane trilobum lobis late ovalibus rotundatis; labium inferum plane emarginatum ovale. Corolla subisoloba albida extus glandulis stipitatis disperse obsita; lobis subaequalibus (superis paulo minoribus) circuiti ovalibus rotundatis margine +/- undulatis inter se tegentibus paulo longioribus quam latis 3 - 6 mm longis 2.5 - 4 mm latis basi pilosis pilis cylindricis. Tubus cylindricus fauce infundibuliformiter dilatatus 4 - 6 mm longus 3 - 4 mm latus sine palato intus pilosus pilis cylindricis et pilis capitatis in lineis triabus ordinatis. Calcar saccatum obtusum brevissimum cum tubo angulum subrectum formans aeque longum ac latum (+/- 1 - 2 mm). Stamina +/- 1.5 mm longa; pollen (5) 6 (7) colporatum. Ovarium subglobosum +/- 1 mm diametro glandulis stipitatis disperse obsitum. Stigma bilabiatum; labium inferum flabelliforme; stipes placentae conspicue (+/- 0.8 mm) longus. Capsula subglobosa calyce erecto campanulato incluso; pericarpium fugax; placenta matura 0.5 mm diam. stipite +/- 1.5 mm longo. Semina scobiformia pauca (+/- 25) ellipsoideo-fusiformia laevia 0.5 - 0.8 mm longa 0.3 mm lata stipitibus +/- 2 mm longis plerumque irregulariter contorsis.

Chromosata ignota.

Origin and History

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Location / Map

Many location are mentioned in Cuba Oriente :

  • Collected in 1909 by Charles T. Ramsden, near “La Yberia”, a mining claim west of Baracoa in the eastern part of Cuba (Moa-Baracoa, altiplano de la mina Iberia)
  • Collected in 1910 by John Adolf Shafer along the rocky banks of a stream in the same region, i.e. the vicinity of Camp San Benito
  • Collected in 1910 by John Adolf Shafer on bushes overhanging a stream in Camp La Gloria
  • Collected in 1914 by Erik Leonard Ekman from Minas de Iberias near Taco Bay.
  • Collected by F. K. Meyer near Los Lechugos on the Loma NE of Alto de la Yamagua, in the Sierra de Imias
  • Pictured by L. Lepper between Revuelta de los Chinos and Pico de Toldo, Sierra de Moa.

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Habitat

Pinguicula lignicola is an epiphyte plant, growing upon bushes on high humidity area : according to the collected specimen overhanging a stream. The specimen collected from Revuelta de los Chinos and Pico de Toldo were growing on a stem of Pinus sp.

Altitude of Camp San Benito is mentioned in Casper publication as being 800m.

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Growth and Propagation

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Pictures

 

Pinguicula lignicola in habitat in Cuba.

Photo : Paul Temple

Pinguicula lignicola in habitat in Cuba.

Photo : Paul Temple

Pinguicula lignicola, Herbarium specimens in Casper

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