Gaultheria nubigena

Summary: Gaultheria nubigena (Ericaceae), a rare species in Argentina. During approximately 20 years of collecting material for floral development studies of Ericaceae in the subantarctic forests of Argentina, eight species of the nine that occur there were easily found. The exception was G. nubigena. It is a rare species; fifty-two years have elapsed since its collection in 1952 and more recently in 2004 when it was found in a new locality. Renewed searches during Dec. 2005 and Jan. More