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Issue: Vol. 636 No. 2: 7 Feb. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-02-07
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.636.2.6
Page range: 175-184
Abstract views: 8
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Carapa cedrotagua (Cedreloideae, Meliaceae, Sapindales), a new species from surroundings of the Serranía de los Yariguíes in Eastern Andes of Colombia

Herbario Universidad de Antioquia (HUA); Instituto de Biología; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Universidad de Antioquia; A.A; 1226; Medellín; Colombia; Grupo de Estudios Botánicos (GEOBOTA); Instituto de Biología; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Universidad de Antioquia; A.A; 1226; Medellín; Colombia; Herbario Gabriel Gutiérrez Villegas (MEDEL) y Semillero en estudios taxonómicos de plantas de Colombia; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Nacional de Colombia; A.A; 3840; Medellín; Colombia
Herbario Universidad de Antioquia (HUA); Instituto de Biología; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Universidad de Antioquia; A.A; 1226; Medellín; Colombia; Grupo de Estudios Botánicos (GEOBOTA); Instituto de Biología; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Universidad de Antioquia; A.A; 1226; Medellín; Colombia; Herbario Gabriel Gutiérrez Villegas (MEDEL) y Semillero en estudios taxonómicos de plantas de Colombia; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Nacional de Colombia; A.A; 3840; Medellín; Colombia
Herbario Universidad de Antioquia (HUA); Instituto de Biología; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Universidad de Antioquia; A.A; 1226; Medellín; Colombia; Fundación Jardín Botánico de Medellín; Herbario “Joaquín Antonio Uribe” (JAUM); Calle 73 No. 51D-14; Medellín; Colombia
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Abstract

Carapa cedrotagua, a new species from the surroundings of Serranía de los Yariguíes, in the Eastern Andes of Colombia, is described and illustrated. Notes about its geographical distribution, phenology, uses, conservation status and taxonomic affinities are provided. The new species is similar to C. alticola, C. guianensis, and C. pariensis, but differs from these species mainly by its morphological combination of shorter petiolules 3.4–6(–7) mm long, leaflets secondary veins flat in the abaxial surface, stipitate and beaked fruits with valves bearing warty excrescences, and the spheroid or slightly compressed seeds with hilum 8.2–12.1 × 4.5–6.1 mm. Carapa cedrotagua is a common and economically important species in the area where it occurs, and it is commonly confused with C. guianensis.

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