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Type: Article
Published: 2015-11-12
Page range: 101–120
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Adelobotrys tessmannii (Merianieae, Melastomataceae) and allies: a refined circumscription and description of two new Amazonian species with notes on their ecology

Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O.Box 17, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.
Department of Biology, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland.
Bolivia Brazil Colombia Ecuador neotropics Peru soil preferences Eudicots

Abstract

Adelobotrys tessmannii is re-circumscribed and a lectotype is designated. Two new species, A. latifolius and A. microcarpus, are described, and all three species are illustrated. They have a Western Amazonian, broadly sympatric distribution, which is depicted. Field surveys and chemical soil analyses presented show that A. latifolius prefers more fertile soils than A. microcarpus¸ while A. tessmannii does not differ from the other species in this respect.