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Type: Article
Published: 2018-09-13
Page range: 115–120
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A new Miconia (Melastomataceae: Miconieae) from upland rain forest of northwestern Guyana

California Academy of Sciences, Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, Department of Botany, 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California 94118, USA
Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S. College Rd., Wilmington, North Carolina 28403, USA
Clidemia conservation Guiana Shield neotropics Ossaea Eudicots

Abstract

Miconia angustidentata, from upland rain forest in northwestern Guyana, is described, illustrated, mapped, and compared with its superficially similar species based on morphological features. It is characterized by its ovate to elliptic 3–5-nerved entire leaves; axillary clusters of 3–5 sessile mostly 5-merous flowers; sparse cover of minute stellate trichomes on abaxial foliar surfaces, hypanthia, and calyx lobes; conspicuous oblong calyx teeth that obscure calyx lobes at anthesis and in fruit; white oblong petals that lack a subapical mucro on the abaxial surface; white stamens with ventrally inclined anther pores; (4–) 5-locular superior ovary; and ovoid-pyramidal angulate seeds with an irregularly rugulate testa and a raphe that extends about 50% the length of the seed. A conservation assessment of Endangered is recommended for this species based on IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria.