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Type: Article
Published: 2018-02-21
Page range: 79–85
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Vochysia condorensis (Vochysiaceae), a new species from the Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador

Herbario (CUZ), Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco (UNSAAC), Prolongación Av. de la Cultura 733 Cusco. Perú. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (ENBT/JBRJ). Rua Pacheco Leão, 2040. RJ, Brazil.
Herbario (ECUAMZ), Departamento de Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre, Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Puyo, Pastaza, Ecuador
Hollín formation sandstone forests Tepuis western Amazonia Myrtales Eudicots

Abstract

Vochysia condorensis is described and illustrated as a new species from the Cordillera del Cóndor region of southeastern Ecuador, where it occurs exclusively on plateaus of quartzitic sandstone of the Hollín Formation and adjacent slopes. The species is placed in Vochysia section Ciliantha subsection Megalanthae and is compared with its most closely related congeners within the subsection: V. duquei and V. gigantea.