Disterigma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae,[1] sometimes referred to as the neotropical blueberries,[2] native to Mexico and Central America as well as Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Perú.[1] These shrubs have adapted to thrive within montane cloud forests and páramos (high-altitude wet 'tundra' habitats), usually above 2,000 m (6,561') above sea level.[2]
Species:[1]
Disterigma acuminatum(Kunth) Nied.
Disterigma agathosmoides(Wedd.) Nied.
Disterigma alaternoides(Kunth) Nied.
Disterigma appendiculatumPedraza
Disterigma baguensePedraza
Disterigma balsleviiLuteyn
Disterigma bracteatumLuteyn
Disterigma campanulatumPedraza
Disterigma campiiA.C.Sm.
Disterigma chocoanumPedraza
Disterigma codonanthumS.F.Blake
Disterigma cryptocalyxA.C.Sm.
Disterigma dumontiiLuteyn
Disterigma ecuadorenseLuteyn
Disterigma empetrifolium(Kunth) Nied.
Disterigma fortunenseWilbur
Disterigma hammeliiWilbur & Luteyn
Disterigma hiatumPedraza
Disterigma humboldtii(Klotzsch) Nied.
Disterigma leucanthumA.C.Sm.
Disterigma luteyniiWilbur
Disterigma micranthumA.C.Sm.
Disterigma noyesiaeLuteyn
Disterigma ollacheumPedraza
Disterigma ovatum(Rusby) S.F.Blake
Disterigma panamenseStandl.
Disterigma parallelinervePedraza
Disterigma pentandrumS.F.Blake
Disterigma pernettyoides(Griseb. ex Wedd.) Nied.
Disterigma pilosumWilbur
Disterigma pseudokillipiellaLuteyn
Disterigma rimbachii(A.C.Sm.) Luteyn
Disterigma staphelioides(Planch. ex Wedd.) Nied.
Disterigma stereophyllum(A.C.Sm.) Luteyn
Disterigma synanthumPedraza
Disterigma trimerumWilbur & Luteyn
Disterigma uleiSleumer
Disterigma utleyorumWilbur & Luteyn
Disterigma verruculatumPedraza
Disterigma weberbaueriHoerold
^ abc"Disterigma (Klotzsch) Nied. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
^ abPedraza-Peñalosa, Paola (2009). "Systematics of the Neotropical Blueberry Genus Disterigma (Ericaceae)". Systematic Botany. 34 (2): 406–413. doi:10.1600/036364409788606352. JSTOR 40211901. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
meters high. Other plants in the shrub layer include the ericoid shrubs Disterigma humboldtii, Cavendishia bracteata, Macleania rupestris, and Sphyrospermum...