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Issue: Vol. 671 No. 3: 14 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-14
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.671.3.5
Page range: 271-283
Abstract views: 57
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A new species of Andean rosulate Viola (subg. Neoandinium, Violaceae) endemic to the Puna of north-western Argentina

Instituto de Botánica Darwinion (IBODA-CONICET-ANCEFN), Casilla de Correo 22, B1642HYD, San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague CZ-128 01, Czech Republic.
Casilla 161, Los Andes, Aconcagua, Valparaíso, Chile
IUCN Puna South America Taxonomy violets Eudicots

Abstract

A new Andean rosulate species of Viola from the Puna of north-western Argentina, V. watsoniana, is described and illustrated here. The new discovery is compared with morphologically and geographically related species within subgenus Neoandinium. Their similarities and differences are discussed, including photos and a species key to distinguish between them in the context of section Rosulatae, in which V. watsoniana is provisionally placed. We also determine the potential conservation status of the new species as Critically Endangered (CR). Thus, V. watsoniana joins the constantly growing list of known species for Andean rosulate violets and contributes to understand part of the morphological and taxonomic diversity of subgenus Neoandinium.

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