Abstract
A taxonomic update is provided for Aphelandra martiusii (Acanthaceae), a poorly known species from the Amazon Forest. The species was previously known from Brazil and Colombia and it is recorded for the first time in the Department of Loreto, Peru. The name A. martiusii is lectotypified by a specimen housed at Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns (M). A detailed morphological description, photographs, a line drawing, a distribution map, and a discussion on the taxonomy, geographic distribution, and conservation status of this species are provided.
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<p>GBIF (2021) <em>Global Biodiversity Information Facility</em>. Available from: http://www.gbif.org/ (accessed 30 November 2021).</p>
<p>Grimé, W.E. & Plowman, T. (1986) Type photographs at Field Museum of Natural History. <em>Taxon </em>35: 932–934.</p>
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<p>Novoa, S., Yupanqui, O., Finer, M. & Suarez, D. (2021) <em>Deforestación en la Concesión de Conservación Cotuhe (región Loreto).</em> MAAP: 142. Available from: https://maaproject.org/2021/cotuhe-loreto/ (accessed 1 December 2021).</p>
<p>Pitman, N., Vriesendorp, C., Moskovits, D.K., May, R. von, Alvira, D., Wachter, T., Stotz, D.F. & del Campo, A. (Eds.) (2011) <em>Perú: Yaguas-Cotuhé. Rapid Biological and Social Inventories Report 23</em>. The Field Museum, Chicago.</p>
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<p>Schmidt-LeBuhn, A.N. (2003) A taxonomic revision of the genus <em>Suessenguthia</em> Merxm. (Acanthaceae). <em>Candollea</em> 58: 101–128.</p>
<p>Schultes, R. (1952) Studies in the genus <em>Micrandra</em> 1: The relationship of the genus <em>Cunuria </em>to Micrandra. <em>Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University</em> 15 (8): 201–221. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41762138</p>
<p>Smith, J.E. (1793) Tentamen botanicum de filicum generibus dorsiferarum. <em>Mémoires de l’Académie Royale des Sciences de Turin </em>5: 401–422.</p>
<p>Spix, J.B. von & Martius, C.F.P. (1938) <em>Viagem pelo Brasil (1817-1820) </em>3<em>.</em> Rio de Janeiro, Senado Federal, Consejo Editorial [Traducido Lúcia Furquim Lahmeyer, 2017].</p>
<p>Stafleu, F.A. & Cowan, R.S. (1981) <em>Taxonomic literature: a selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types </em>3<em>. </em>2<sup>nd</sup> Edition. Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, Utrecht, 980 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48631</p>
<p>Steenis-Kruseman, M.J. van & Steenis, C.G. van (1950) Malaysian plant collectors and collections being a Cyclopaedia of botanical exploration in Malaysia and a guide to the concerned literature up to the year 1950. <em>Flora Malesiana – Series 1. Spermatophyta</em> 1 (1): 2–639. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.40744</p>
<p>Thiers, B. (2016) <em>Index Herbariorum: A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff</em>. New York Botanical Garden´s Virtual Herbarium, Available from: http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/ (accessed 15 September 2021).</p>
<p>Turland, N.J., Wiersema, J.H., Barrie, F.R., Greuter, W., Hawksworth, D.L., Herendeen, P.S., Knapp, S., Kusber, W.-H., Li, D.-Z., Marhold, K., May, T.W., McNeill, J., Monro, A.M., Prado, J., Price, M.J. & Smith, G.F. (eds.) (2018)<em> International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code) adopted by the Nineteenth International Botanical Congress Shenzhen, China, July 2017.</em> Regnum Vegetabile 159. Glashütten: Koeltz Botanical Books. https://doi.org/10.12705/Code.2018</p>
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<p>Wasshausen, D. (1975) The genus <em>Aphelandra </em>(Acanthaceae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Botany</em> 18: 1–157.</p>
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