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Issue: Vol. 708 No. 1: 2 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-02
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.1.2
Page range: 16-22
Abstract views: 463
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Garcinia isthmensis (Clusiaceae): a new tree species for Central America

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA, Laboratório de Taxonomia Vegetal, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis, 69060–001, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Exactas y Tecnología, Universidad de Panamá, Campus Dr. Octavio Méndez Pereira, apartado 3366, Panama 4, Panama; Sistema Nacional de Investigación (SNI), SENACYT, Ciudad del Saber, Clayton, Panama, Panama
Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Departamento de Biologia, Av. dos Portugueses 1966, Bacanga 65080-805, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Campus I, 58051-900, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
Guttiferae jorco Mesoamerica Neotropics satra Eudicots

Abstract

We present a new species, Garcinia isthmensis Mouzinho, sp. nov. ined., known to occur in Costa Rica and Panama. Garcinia isthmensis is described and distribution data, photographs and preliminary conservation status are provided, as well as its diagnostic characteristics and morphological affinities.

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How to Cite

Mouzinho, T., Carrión, J.F., Marinho, L.C. & Giacomin, L.L. (2025) Garcinia isthmensis (Clusiaceae): a new tree species for Central America. Phytotaxa 708 (1): 16–22. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.1.2