Miconia garagoana - Melastomataceae: A new rheophytic species from the eastern Andes of Colombia

By

Mendoza Cifuentes, Humebrto
Ariza-Cortés, William
Carvajal Rojas, Lyndon

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

247

Pages

145--154

Subjects

Ambientes riparios , Cordillera Oriental , Eastern Mountains , endemism , endemismo , Miconieae , norte de los Andes , Northern Andes , plantas reofíticas , rheophytic plants , riparian environments

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.247.119563

 

Abstract

A new species, Miconia garagoana, from riparian environments of the northern Cordillera Oriental of Colombia, is described. This is the second species exclusive to rheophytic conditions that grows in the Andean forest in Colombia and is characterized by the presence of stellate-lepidote trichomes on young structures and inflorescences, terminal inflorescences, 4-merous (rarely 5-merous) flowers, oblong-subulate anthers with an apical pore and 2-locular ovary. The differences with other rheophytic species occurring in Colombia are noted and it is argued that it is related to other Andean species with bluish-green ripe fruits such as M. squamulosa and M. symplocoidea. This new species is so far known only from Colombia and its threat category is suggested as Critically Endangered” (CR).