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Issue: Vol. 652 No. 3: 7 Jun. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-06-07
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.652.3.2
Page range: 208-216
Abstract views: 63
PDF downloaded: 2

Aphelandra almanegra (Acanthaceae), a new species from the dry forests of the Cauca River canyon in Antioquia department, Colombia

Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Antioquia, A.A, 1226, Medellín, Colombia.
Department of Biology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom. Honorary Research Associate, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, United Kingdom.
Endemism Inter Andean Valleys Vulnerable species Eudicots

Abstract

Aphelandra almanegra, a new species from tropical dry forest in Antioquia department, Colombia, is described, illustrated and mapped. Notes are given on its geographical distribution, phenology, conservation status and taxonomic affinities. It is compared with its morphologically closest relative Aphelandra pulcherrima, which differs by its habit, indumentum and various inflorescence characters. This species is restricted to dry forests of the Cauca River canyon, in the northwest of Colombia, a highly degraded and threatened ecosystem.

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