Chionanthus megistocarpus (Oleaceae), a new species from the Western Cordillera of Colombia

JOSÉ LUIS FERNÁNDEZ-ALONSO; ÁLVARO ALFONSO COGOLLO-PACHECO

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.269.1.2

Issue: Vol. 269 No. 1: 29 July 2016

Type: Article

Published: 2016-07-29

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.269.1.2

Page range: 14–20

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Chionanthus megistocarpus (Oleaceae), a new species from the Western Cordillera of Colombia

JOSÉ LUIS FERNÁNDEZ-ALONSO⁺⁻
ÁLVARO ALFONSO COGOLLO-PACHECO⁺⁻

Real Jardín Botánico-CSIC, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Conservación, c/ Claudio Moyano 1, 28014 Madrid, España.

Jardín Botánico Joaquín Antonio Uribe, Calle 73 nº 51 D -14, Medellín, Colombia.

Chionanthus Colombia Neotropic New Species Oleaceae Subandean Forest Taxonomy Eudicots

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Abstract

We describe a new species of Chionanthus (Oleaceae), from the Subandean forests of the Western Cordillera of Colombia. C. megistocarpus is similar to the Ecuadorian species C. colonchensis, but presents leaves with longer petioles [(12–)15–30(–35) mm], with obtuse leaf blades, without abaxial domatia, with longer inflorescences (10–20 cm long) and the largest fruits for this genus in the Neotropics (4.5–5 cm long).