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Issue: Vol. 637 No. 1: 15 Feb. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-02-15
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.637.1.5
Page range: 73-86
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A new species of Meriania (Melastomataceae: Merianieae) with winged hypanthium from the Cordillera del Condor in Ecuador

Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad, Medio Ambiente y Salud (BIOMAS), Carrera de Ingeniería en Agroindustria, Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad de Las Américas, UDLA, Vía a Nayón, Quito 170124, Ecuador
Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad, Medio Ambiente y Salud (BIOMAS), Carrera de Ingeniería en Agroindustria, Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad de Las Américas, UDLA, Vía a Nayón, Quito 170124, Ecuador
Grupo Científico Calaway Dodson: Investigación y Conservación de Orquídeas del Ecuador, Quito, 170510, Pichincha, Ecuador; Herbario QCA, Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador; Herbario HUTPL, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, San Cayetano Alto s/n 11-01-608, Loja, Ecuador
Grupo Científico Calaway Dodson: Investigación y Conservación de Orquídeas del Ecuador, Quito, 170510, Pichincha, Ecuador; Departamento de Orquideología, Centro de Investigación en Biología Tropical y Conservación - CINBIOTYC, Cal. Nestor Martos Mza. e Lote. 16 A.H. Almirante Miguel Grau II, Piura, Peru; Departamento de Gimnospermas y Monocotiledóneas, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Av. Arenales 1256, Jesús María, Lima, Peru
Amichi Lounge, vía Gualaquiza-San Juan Bosco, Morona Santiago, Ecuador; Jungle Dave’s Science Foundation, San Juan Bosco, Ecuador
Grupo Científico Calaway Dodson: Investigación y Conservación de Orquídeas del Ecuador, Quito, 170510, Pichincha, Ecuador; Jungle Dave’s Science Foundation, San Juan Bosco, Ecuador; Herbario HUTPL, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, San Cayetano Alto s/n 11-01-608, Loja, Ecuador
new species northern Andes rainforest southeastern Ecuador taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

A new species of Meriania, from the Cordillera del Condor in Ecuador is described and illustrated here. With this new addition, the number of species of the genus increases to 32 in this country. Meriania urdialesii has few-flowered, pendulous inflorescences with paraclades in regular dichasia, reddish-orange campanulate flowers, 10-winged hypanthium, and isomorphic stamens with connectives that are not prolonged below the thecae. In this paper, we compare the new species with the most similar species that also feature ornamented hypanthia: Meriania campii, M. costata, and M. sumatika. In addition, the taxonomic similarities of the new entity are discussed, and information about its distribution, habitat, and conservation status is provided.

 

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