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Issue: Vol. 705 No. 2: 13 Jun. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-06-13
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.10
Page range: 227-234
Abstract views: 193
PDF downloaded: 178

A new species of Bomarea (Alstroemeriaceae) from an historically documented location in Ecuador

Herbario QCA, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Naturales y Ambientales, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador, Av. 12 de octubre 1076 y Roca, Apartado 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador; Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 144-116, Aarhus, Denmark
University of Washington, Department of Biology and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, Washington, USA
Herbario QCA, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Naturales y Ambientales, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador, Av. 12 de octubre 1076 y Roca, Apartado 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador
Área de Investigación y Monitoreo de Avifauna, Aves y Conservación-BirdLife en Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador; Herbario Nacional del Ecuador, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Pasaje Rumipamba 341 y Av. de los Shyris, 170135, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
Herbario QCA, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Naturales y Ambientales, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador, Av. 12 de octubre 1076 y Roca, Apartado 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador
Andean Choco flora Botanical history Chiriboga old Road iNaturalist Mindo Taxonomy Monocots

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How to Cite

Fierro-Minda, A., Tribble, C.M., Guerrero-Molina, T., Tobar, F. & Pérez, Álvaro J. (2025) A new species of Bomarea (Alstroemeriaceae) from an historically documented location in Ecuador. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 227–234. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.10