Corresponding author: Ghillean T. Prance (
Academic editor: Peter Stevens
A new mid altitude species of the predominantly lowland genus
A worldwide monograph of the
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Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe, El Pangui, Cordillera del Cóndor, plateau of Contrafuerte, Tres Patines, W of main Cóndor ridge above Jardin Botánico of EcuaCorriente Copper Company,
Small tree 3–7 m tall, young branches appressed puberulous, soon glabrous. Leaf lamina broadly ovate, 2.5–6 × 1.5–3.5 cm, subcoriaceous, acute or with short blunt acumen at apex, rounded to subcuneate at base, margins entire, glabrous and dull with densely reticulate prominulous venation above, with well-developed stomatal cavities beneath, the venation flattened around slit-like apertures of cavities, the venation glabrous and the cavities filled by a mass of white, unicellular simple hairs; veins 13–15 pairs, plane above, prominulous beneath; petioles glabrous, 3–10 mm long, rugose, with two sessile glands near apex. Stipules lanceolate, early caducous. Inflorescences short once-branched panicles 3–5 cm long, lateral branches borne at 90 degrees to rachis, the rachis and branches densely yellowish-brown tomentose. Flowers c 2 mm long, sessile or subsessile on primary branches of inflorescence; bracteoles oblong-triangular, acute, 1–1.5 mm long, tomentose on exterior and with ciliate margins. Receptacle campanulate, 1.5 mm long, yellowish-brown tomentose on exterior; calyx-lobes c. 1 mm long, acute, triangular, densely tomentose on exterior, tomentose within; petals absent; stamens 7–8, included, filaments equaling or shorter than the calyx lobes in length, c. 0.8 mm long. Ovary inserted at base of receptacle, unilocular with 2 ovules; style pubescent at base. Young fruit only seen, puberulous, glabrescent, unilocular.
Ecuador. Morona-Santiago: Limon Indanza, Cordillera del Cóndor, Centro Shuar Yunkumas, Cerro Chuank Naint,
This distinct mid-altitude
Species of
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Colombia, Ecuador, Peru | 500–2000 m | |
Colombia: Antioquia | 2200–2550 m | |
Venezuela: Lara | 1300–1500 m | |
Ecuador: Napo | 1600 m | |
Ecuador: Carchi | 650–1800 m | |
Venezuela: Aragua | 1100–2000 m | |
Panama: Chiriqui | 1007–1200 m | |
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Panama: Chiriqui | 1007 m | |
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Venezuela: Bolívar | 1400 m | |
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Venezuela: Dist. Federal | 1200–2000 m | |
Brazil: Amazonas | 1000 m | |
Venezuela: Aragua | 1100–2200 m | |
Venezuela: Bolívar | 1350 m | |
Ecuador: Zamora-Chinchipe | 1130–1685 m |