A new species of Symplocos (Symplocaceae) from southern Ecuador.
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.
Investigador Prometeo, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador ; Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166, U.S.A.
Carmen
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Ulloa Ulloa
Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University Campus Gotland, SE62167 Visby, Sweden.
Bertil
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Ståhl
Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del Azuay, Av. 24 de Mayo 7-77, Cuenca, Ecuador.
Danilo
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Minga
Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del Azuay, Av. 24 de Mayo 7-77, Cuenca, Ecuador.
Raffaella
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Ansaloni
Andes; Ecuador; Symplocos