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Issue: Vol. 696 No. 3: 3 Apr. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-04-03
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.696.3.5
Page range: 253-261
Abstract views: 178
PDF downloaded: 10

Two new species of Scottmoria (Lecythidaceae) from western Ecuador and six new combinations in the genus

Herbario GUAY, Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad de Guayaquil, Av. Raúl Gómez Lince s.n. y Av. Juan Tanca Marengo (campus Mapasingue), Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK.
Andes Ericales Eschweilera neotropics Pacific Eudicots

Abstract

Two new species of neotropical Lecythidaceae from western Ecuador are formally described: Scottmoria austroccidentalis from montane Andean forests in the El Oro Province, in southwestern Ecuador, and S. petalocostata from the Andean slopes of the Carchi Province, in northwestern Ecuador. Also, six new combinations are formally presented, which were transferred from Eschweilera to Scottmoria: Scottmoria beebei (Pittier ex S.A. Mori) Prance, S. bogotensis (R. Knuth) Cornejo & Prance, S. garagarae (Pittier) Cornejo & Prance, S. integricalyx (S.A. Mori) Cornejo & Prance, S. microcalyx (S.A. Mori) Prance & Cornejo, and S. venezuelica (S.A. Mori) Prance. The new species are illustrated and the morphological differences with related species are discussed.

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How to Cite

Cornejo, X. & Prance, G.T. (2025) Two new species of Scottmoria (Lecythidaceae) from western Ecuador and six new combinations in the genus. Phytotaxa 696 (3): 253–261. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.696.3.5