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Issue: Vol. 637 No. 3: 22 Feb. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-02-22
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.637.3.5
Page range: 269-277
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A New Species of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae, Lobelioideae) from the Pacific Slope of the Northwestern Andes of Colombia

Herbario Forestal (UDBC), Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Carrera 5 Este No. 15–82, Bogotá, Colombia.
Jardín Botánico de Bogotá, Herbario JBB, Calle 63 No. 68–95, Bogotá, Colombia.
Semillero de Monitoreo, Análisis y Manejo del Bosque, la Biodiversidad y los Ecosistemas (MAMBBE), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Carrera 65 No. 59A–110, Medellín, Colombia.
Herbario Forestal (UDBC), Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Carrera 5 Este No. 15–82, Bogotá, Colombia.
Antioquia Asterales Chocó biogeographic region Neotropical flora Eudicots

Abstract

A new species of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae, Lobelioideae) from the Pacific slope of the Northwestern Andes of Colombia, in the Antioquia and Chocó departments, is described. Burmeistera luciae is distinguished by being a hemiepiphytic herb with scandent and glabrous stems; ebracteate peduncle, obconic hypanthium, and its most particular feature, the filiform, ascending, and curved calyx lobes in anthesis; corolla lobes forming an obtuse angle in relation to the tube, falcate; ventral anthers barbate; ellipsoid berries that turn a striking fuchsia color when mature. These characters differentiate it from Burmeistera serraniaguae, B. succulenta, and B. crocodila, the three most morphologically similar species that also inhabit the humid Andean regions of the Chocó biogeographic region between Colombia and Ecuador. Additional comments related to its distribution, etymology, and conservation status are presented.

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