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Type: Article
Published: 2020-02-13
Page range: 27–40
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Three new species of the Andean genus Brunellia (Brunelliaceae) from Colombia and Ecuador

Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Carrera 30 45-03, edificio 425, Bogotá, Colombia.
Herbario QCA, Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador, Apartado 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador.
Herbario QCA, Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador, Apartado 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador.
Herbario Universidad de Caldas – FAUC, Calle 65 No. 26-10, Manizales, Colombia.
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Carrera 30 45-03, edificio 425, Bogotá, Colombia.
Cauca Esmeraldas Imbabura Oxalidales Quindío Tolima Eudicots

Abstract

Three new species of Brunellia are described; their morphology and affinities with other species and their conservation status are discussed. Two of them are endemic to Colombia: Brunellia alnifolia, characterized by three simple and verticellate leaves per node and boat–shaped endocarps, and Brunellia gracilis, with pinnate leaves and urceolate endocarps. The third species, Brunellia hippocrepiformis, is endemic to Ecuador. On account of the morphology of leaves, stipules and follicles, it differs from all other Brunellia species.