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Type: Article
Published: 2020-09-14
Page range: 197–208
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Two new species of Aphelandra (Acanthaceae) with a rugose corolla from central Peru

División de Ecología Vegetal – CORBIDI, Calle Santa Rita 105 Of. 2, Urb. Huertos de San Antonio Monterrico, Surco, Lima, Perú.
División de Ecología Vegetal – CORBIDI, Calle Santa Rita 105 Of. 2, Urb. Huertos de San Antonio Monterrico, Surco, Lima, Perú.
Departamento de Ecología, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Av. Arenales 1256, Jesús María, Lima, Perú.
Huánuco Peruvian plants conspicuous flowers taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Two new species of Aphelandra, A. rugosa and A. apecoi, are described and illustrated from the Huánuco region of Peru. Aphelandra rugosa is related to A. mucronata and A. weberbaueri but differs from both species in having larger dark red calyx, subequal sepals, corolla upper lip with 4 lobes and stamens exceeding the tip of corolla. Aphelandra apecoi is related to A. zamorensis, but differs from the latter in having long-pedunculate spikes, larger calyx, and a corolla with unequal upper lip lobes.