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Issue: Vol. 774 No. 2: 15 Sept. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-09-15
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.774.2.4
Page range: 148-158
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A new species of Lissocarpa (Lissocarpoideae, Ebenaceae) from montane forests on Andean-Amazonian slopes of the Bota Caucana region, Cauca department, Colombia

Grupo de Investigación en Agroecosistemas y Conservación en Bosques Amazónicos - GAIA; Laboratorio de Agrobiodiversidad y Malherbología LAMUA; Facultad de Ingeniería; Universidad de la Amazonia; Cl. 17 Diagonal 17 con Cra. 3F; 180 002; Florencia; Caquetá; Colombia
Grupo de Investigación en Agroecosistemas y Conservación en Bosques Amazónicos - GAIA; Laboratorio de Agrobiodiversidad y Malherbología LAMUA; Facultad de Ingeniería; Universidad de la Amazonia; Cl. 17 Diagonal 17 con Cra. 3F; 180 002; Florencia; Caquetá; Colombia; Asociación Salvemos Selva; Miraflor; Piamonte; Cauca; Colombia
Grupo Diversitas; Facultad de Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas; Universidad Militar Nueva Granada; km 2 vía Cajicá-Zipaquirá; Cundinamarca; Colombia; Negaunee Integrative Research Center; Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago; USA
UNELLEZ-Guanare; Programa de Ciencias del Agro y el Mar; Herbario Universitario (PORT); Mesa de Cavacas; estado Portuguesa 3350; Venezuela; Yauto S.A.S.; Cra. 9; No. 81ª-27. Edif. Anatello. Bogotá; Colombia
Eudicots Andean forests Andes-Amazon transition Bota Caucana Flora of Colombia

Abstract

Lissocarpa garcia-cortesii, from the Andean-Amazonian slopes of the Bota Caucana forests, Cauca department, Colombia, is described and illustrated, and its morphological affinities with similar species are discussed. This new species is similar to Lissocarpa uyat. However, it differs from the latter by its strongly angulate branchlets, leaf shape and size, petioles, pedicels, bracteoles, calyx and corolla tube size, stamens adnate at the base of the corolla tube, and fruit ellipsoid with only one seed when mature. A morphological description, taxonomic comments, an illustration, a Lankaster plate, and information on its current conservation status are presented. In addition, an updated key to species of Lissocarpa is provided. This contribution increases the number of Lissocarpa species to 10. Peru and Colombia have the highest numbers of species, with 6 and 4, respectively.

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How to Cite

Trujillo-Trujillo, E., Delgado-Bermeo, G., Jaramillo, M.A. & Corredor, G.A.A. (2026) A new species of Lissocarpa (Lissocarpoideae, Ebenaceae) from montane forests on Andean-Amazonian slopes of the Bota Caucana region, Cauca department, Colombia. Phytotaxa 774 (2): 148–158. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.774.2.4