Amalophyllon miraculum (Gesneriaceae), an exceptionally small lithophilous new species from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador

By

Clark, John L. (John Littner)
Fernández, Andrea
Zapata, Nicolás
Restrepo-Villarroel, Camilo
White, Dawson M.
Pitman, Nigel

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

242

Pages

307--316

Subjects

Amalophyllon , Andes , Centinela , Chocó , Conservation , Ecuador , endemic , lithophyte , Montañas de Ila

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.242.118069

 

Abstract

Recent exploratory field expeditions to the western slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes resulted in the discovery of a new species of Amalophyllon (Gesneriaceae). Amalophyllon miraculum J.L.Clark, sp. nov. is described from two localities in the Centinela region in the Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas province. The new species is differentiated from congeners by the pendent habit, basal rosette of leaves, leaf blades with deeply serrate margins, and miniature size. Based on IUCN guidelines, a preliminary conservation status is assigned as Critically Endangered (CR).