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Issue: Vol. 609 No. 2: 22 Aug. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-08-22
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.609.2.7
Page range: 145-150
Abstract views: 235
PDF downloaded: 14

A new species of Tournefortiopsis (Guettardeae, Rubiaceae) from northern Colombia

Group of botanical studies-HUA Herbarium; Institute of Biology; University of Antioquia; Medellín; Colombia
Group of botanical studies-HUA Herbarium; Institute of Biology; University of Antioquia; Medellín; Colombia
Eudicots Antioquia Chomelia Flora of Colombia Guettarda

Abstract

A new species of Tournefortiopsis from high Andean forests of the Central Colombian Cordillera is described and illustrated. Tournefortiopsis triflora is characterized mainly by its dichasium inflorescence, a feature not previously reported in the genus. It can be distinguished from its related species by its smaller leaves, peduncles, and corolla tube, and by the leaves abaxially glabrous on the areoles. The new species is from an area of biogeographic interest due to the large number of endemic species known to this area. A distribution map, conservation status and taxonomic affinities are provided in this paper.

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