A new species of Symplocos (Symplocaceae) from southern Ecuador

By

Ulloa Ulloa, Carmen, 1963-
Ståhl, Bertil
Minga, Danilo
Ansaloni, Raffaella

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

56

Pages

41-46

Subjects

Andes , Ecuador , Symplocos

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.56.5306

 

Abstract

A new species from Ecuador, Symplocos limonensis, is here described and illustrated. It resembles S. clethrifolia but differs by having larger leaves with evident (i.e., not concealed) areoles on lower surface, sessile inflorescences, smaller white corollas, and fewer stamens. The species is only known from three collections in the Andean forests of Morona-Santiago Province in southern Ecuador.