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Type: Article
Published: 2021-04-30
Page range: 197–204
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Beilschmiedia osacola (Lauraceae) a new species from the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium, Biological Sciences Department, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-1705, USA. Missouri Botanical Garden St. Louis, MO 63166, USA.
Los Charcos de Osa Centro de Diversidad de Plantas Regionales Osa, Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
Missouri Botanical Garden St. Louis, MO 63166, USA.
Mesoamerica Taxonomy Laurales Península de Osa Magnoliids

Abstract

We describe and illustrate a new species of Beilschmiedia, from the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica. It is distinguished by its small flowers, which are turbinate to campanulate, with six fertile stamens and pubescent ovary, in addition it has alternate leaves along the twigs, with the lower leaf surface glabrous and not glaucous. In the field, it can be recognized by its stature, a very large tree, with the bark reddish, and peeling in large plates. Among described congeners it is superficially similar to B. hexanthera, from French Guiana, which also has six fertile stamens, and staminodes of whorl III columnar, but differs in having a pubescent ovary and larger, more branched inflorescences.