A new species of Blakea (Blakeeae, Melastomataceae) from Ecuador
- Authors
- Ulloa Ulloa, Mar?a del Carmen
- Format
- Article
- Status
- publishedVersion
- Description
A new species, Blakea nangaritzana D. Fern?ndez, C. Ulloa & Penneys from Nangaritza canton, Zamora-Chinchipe, southern Ecuador is described and illustrated. It differs from all other species of the genus by the character combination of terrestrial trees up to 25 m tall, outer and inner floral bracts free, narrowly oblanceolate to linear, hypanthium ca. 7 ? 8 mm, and calyx lobes 4?5 mm long.
Se describe e ilustra una nueva especie, Blakea nangaritzana D. Fern?ndez, C. Ulloa & Penneys, del cant?n Nangaritza, Zamora-Chinchipe, sur de Ecuador. Se diferencia de todas las dem?s especies del g?nero por la combinaci?n de caracteres de ?rboles terrestres de hasta 25 m de alto, br?cteas florales externas e internas libres y estrechamente oblanceoladas a lineares, hipanto ca. 7 ? 8 mm, y l?bulos del c?liz 4?5 mm de largo.
http://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.284.1.7/24275
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Language
- eng
- Topic
- BLAKEA
MELASTOMATACEAE
ECUADOR
ENDEMIC
- Repository
- Repositorio SENESCYT
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- openAccess