A new species of Anthurium (Araceae) from Ecuador

Thomas B. Croat; Carmen Ulloa Ulloa; Efraín L. Freire

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.222.2.6

Issue: Vol. 222 No. 2: 14 August 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-08-14

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.222.2.6

Page range: 138–144

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**A new species of Anthurium (Araceae) from Ecuador**

Thomas B. Croat⁺⁻
Carmen Ulloa Ulloa⁺⁻
Efraín L. Freire⁺⁻

P. A. Schulze Curator, Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166, U.S.A.

Investigador Prometeo, Herbario Nacional del Ecuador, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales del Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Quito, Ecuador. Missouri Botanical Garden P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166, U.S.A.

Herbario Nacional del Ecuador, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales del Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Av. Río Coca E6-115, Quito, Ecuador.

Anthurium endemism Section Belolonchium Araceae Ecuador Monocots

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Abstract

Anthurium sect. Belolonchium (Araceae) is defined and characterized. One new species of sect. Belolonchium, namely A. yanacochense Croat, C.Ulloa & E.Freire from Pichincha province, Ecuador, is described as new and compared with related species.