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A new species of Symplocos (Symplocaceae) from southern Ecuador

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: A new species from Ecuador, Symplocos limonensis, is here described and illustrated. It resembles Symplocos clethrifolia but differs by having larger leaves with evident (i.e., not concealed) areoles on lower surface, sessile inflorescences, smaller white corollas, and fewer stamens. The species is only known from three collections in the Andean forests of Morona-Santiago Province in southern Ecuador.

Source: PhytoKeys

DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.56.5306

Authors: Carmen Ulloa Ulloa, Bertil Ståhl, Danilo Minga, Raffaella Ansaloni

Institutions: Missouri Botanical Garden, Universidad del Azuay, Uppsala University

Language: English

Topic: Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $754

Funders: National Geographic Society, Secretaría de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación