Kalmiopsis

Rehder

J. Arnold Arbor. 13: 31, plate 40. 1932 ,.

Etymology: Genus Kalmia and Greek opsis, resemblance
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 478. Mentioned on page 375, 479, 480.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA8 P56 Phyllodoce caerulea.jpegPhyllodoce
Phyllodoce caerulea
Phyllodoce glanduliflora
Kalmiopsis
Kalmiopsis leachiana
Kalmia
Kalmia buxifolia
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Barbara Alongi
Barbara Alongi

Shrubs, (sometimes rooting adventitiously and suckering). Stems erect or trailing, (branching from base); twigs (terete), puberulent and sparsely sessile or stipitate-glandular, becoming glabrate, (older twigs without peglike projections). Leaves persistent, alternate; petiole present; blade coriaceous, margins entire; (buds with sessile glands). Inflorescences terminal, corymbiform racemes, 2–15-flowered; perulae absent. Flowers bisexual, radially symmetric; sepals (persistent), 5, nearly distinct; petals 5, connate ca. 1/3–1/2 their lengths, corolla deciduous, campanulate; stamens 10, exserted; anthers not awned, dehiscent by apical pores; ovary 5-locular, (subglobose); stigma capitate. Fruits capsular, (5-valved), subglobose, dehiscence basipetally septicidal. Seeds ca. 50–150, ovoid, not winged, not tailed; testa reticulate. x = 12.

Discussion

Species 2 (2 in the flora).

Kalmiopsis is the only vascular plant genus endemic to the state of Oregon; it is cultivated for its showy flowers. Although early tradesmen found Kalmiopsis a difficult subject for propagation, plants can be grown with perseverance and are today occasionally established in private and public gardens in the Pacific Northwest, Europe, and elsewhere. The plants are evidently long-lived and generally reproduce infrequently in nature. Flowers exhibit a pronounced stigma height polymorphism; further study is needed to assess its breeding system significance. Distyly is otherwise unknown in the Ericaceae, with the possible exception of Epigaea repens, a dioecious species that exhibits a continuum of long- and short-styled flowers yet lacks other evidence of heterostyly. The genus is the namesake for the Kalmiopsis Wilderness Area, a remote region just east of the Pacific Ocean that is rich in endemic species and remarkable substrates.

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Tufted, erect shrubs, 2-4(-8) dm; petals connate ca. 1/2 their lengths; filaments 3-7(-10) mm; corolla throat puberulent, inner surface of connate portion puberulent to glabrous; endemic to Siskiyou Mountains. Kalmiopsis leachiana
1 Loose, erect to trailing shrubs, usually to 12(-30) dm; petals connate ca. 1/3 their lengths; filaments 7-16 mm; corolla throat mostly glabrous, inner surface of connate portion with basal tufts of yellowish cilia; endemic to s Cascade Mountains. Kalmiopsis fragrans

"/3" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. "/2" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Kalmiopsis"
Robert J. Meinke +  and Shunguo Liu +
Rehder +
furrowed +  and smooth +
not flaky +
acicular;plane +
coriaceous +
rotate to crateriform campanulate cylindric globose or urceolate +
campanulate +
sw Oreg. +
undifferentiated +
fusiform +
Genus Kalmia and Greek opsis, resemblance +
pendulous +  and erect +
subglobose +
multicellular +
terminal +  and axillary +
persistent +
revolute;plane;toothed;entire;revolute;plane;toothed;entire +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
reduced +
not sticky +
4-5-carpellate +
J. Arnold Arbor. +
2-15-flowered +  and corymbiform +
tan;yellowish-brown or brown +
distinct +
not tailed +  and ovoid +
distinct +
procumbent +  and prostrate +
creeping +  and sprawling +
trailing +  and erect +
hairy +  and glabrous +
peltate +  and capitate +
straight +
Undefined tribe Empetraceae +
Kalmiopsis +
Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae +
glabrate +, stipitate-glandular +  and puberulent +
achlorophyllous +  and chlorophyllous +
evergreen +, deciduous +  and perennial +
heterotrophic +, autotrophic +  and mycotrophic +