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Issue: Vol. 297 No. 2: 27 February 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-02-27
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.297.2.8
Page range: 203–208
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 2

Cinchona anderssonii (Rubiaceae), a new overlooked species from Bolivia

University of Copenhagen, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Østervoldgade 5-7, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark Universidad Mayor de San Andres, Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Cota cota, calle 27, s/n. Casilla 10077 - Correo Central, La Paz, Bolivia
University of Gothenburg, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Box 461, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Natural History Museum, Departamento de Etnobotanica, Arenales 1256, Jesús María, Lima, Peru
University of Gothenburg, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Box 461, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden Gothenburg Botanical Garden, Carl Skottsbergs Gata 22A, 413 19 Göteborg, Sweden
University of Copenhagen, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Østervoldgade 5-7, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark
Cinchona New species Bolivia Eudicots

Abstract

Cinchona anderssonii, a new species from the Yungas forests of the Andes in Bolivia, is described and illustrated. It is unique in Cinchona by having the combination of elliptic leaf blades glossy above, distinct circular pit domatia at secondary vein axils, basipetally dehiscent capsules, and relatively large seeds (8–11 mm long). A taxonomic key for the identification of the Cinchona species occurring in Bolivia is presented.