A new large-flowered species of Andeimalva (Malvaceae, Malvoideae) from Peru

By

Dorr, Laurence J.
Romero-Hernandez, Carolina
Wurdack, Kenneth John

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

110

Pages

91-99

Subjects

Andeimalva , Andes , Malvaceae , Malvoideae , Peru , Phylogeny

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.110.29376

 

Abstract

Andeimalvaperuviana Dorr & C.Romero, sp. nov., the third Peruvian endemic in a small genus of five species, is described and illustrated from a single collection made at high elevation on the eastern slopes of the Andes. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of nuclear ribosomal ITS sequence data resolve a group of northern species of Andeimalva found in Bolivia and Peru from the morphologically very different southern A.chilensis. The new species bears the largest flowers of any Andeimalva and is compared with Bolivian A.mandonii. A revised key to the genus is presented.