A new species and a new combination in Phaeostemma (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae, Gonolobinae)

By

Morillo Pacheco, Gilberto
Krings, Alexander, 1972-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

33

Pages

41-50

Subjects

Climbing milkweeds , Matelea , Suriname , Venezuela

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.33.6453

 

Abstract

Phaeostemma surinamensis Morillo & Krings, sp. nov., a new species of Apocynaceae (Asclepiadoideae, Gonolobinae) is described and illustrated, and the new combination Phaeostemma fucata (Woodson) Morillo & Krings, comb. nov., is made. The new species, known only from a lowland wet forest of Suriname, seems to be closely related to P. fucata, which is an endemic to Ptari-tepui, a sandstone mountain in the southeastern edge of the Venezuelan Guayana.