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Issue: Vol. 684 No. 2: 11 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-11
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.684.2.12
Page range: 289-297
Abstract views: 624
PDF downloaded: 23

Three new species of Grias (Lecythidaceae) from Colombia and Ecuador

Herbario GUAY, Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad de Guayaquil, Av. Raúl Gómez Lince s.n. y Av. Juan Tanca Marengo (campus Mapasingue), Guayaquil, Ecuador
Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK
Antioquia Cauca Chocó cryptic species endemics Esmeraldas Eudicots

Abstract

Three new species of trees of Lecythidaceae are described for Colombia and Ecuador, Grias capparidastroides from the lowlands of the Cauca Department on the Pacific coast of Colombia, G. densiflora from the lowlands of the Antioquia Department in northwestern Colombia, and G. cryptica from Esmeraldas Province in northwestern Ecuador. The new species are formally described and illustrated, and their relationships with morphologically similar species are discussed.

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How to Cite

Cornejo, X. & Prance, G.T. (2025) Three new species of Grias (Lecythidaceae) from Colombia and Ecuador. Phytotaxa 684 (2): 289–297. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.684.2.12