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Issue: Vol. 649 No. 2: 20 May 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-05-20
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.649.2.6
Page range: 223-229
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of Bomarea (Alstroemeriaceae) from the northwestern slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes

1Herbario QCA, Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador, Av. 12 de octubre 1076 y Roca, Apartado 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador
Área de Investigación y Monitoreo de Avifauna, Aves y Conservación-BirdLife en Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador. Herbario Nacional del Ecuador, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Pasaje Rumipamba 341 y Av. de los Shyris, 170135, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador.
Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad, Medio Ambiente y Salud (BIOMAS), Universidad de las Américas (UDLA), Vía Nayón s/n, Quito, Ecuador
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Mercer University School of Medicine, 1633 1st Avenue, Columbus, Georgia 31901, USA
Herbario QCA, Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador, Av. 12 de octubre 1076 y Roca, Apartado 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador
Conservation Diversity Endemism Hotspot New species Taxonomy Andean Choco flora Andean slopes Bomarea subgenus Bomarea Pichincha Province Monocots

Abstract

Bomarea quitensis, a new endemic species from Pichincha Province, is described. Due to its long pedicels (11.0–12.5 cm), this new species belongs to B. subgenus Bomarea. Bomarea quitensis is related to B. longipes and B. crinita but differs from these species in leaf shape and size, number of flowers and colour of the sepals. Photos of all its structures and a distribution map are presented; additionally, the conservation status of B. quitensis is assessed.

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