Phragmotheca centinelensis (Malvaceae, Malvoideae or Matisioideae), a newly-discovered, critically-endangered canopy tree species from a cloud forest in Pacific Ecuador

By

Guevara Andino, Juan Ernesto
White, Dawson M.
Pitman, Nigel
Cerón, Juan-Carlos
Fernández, Andrea
Navas-Muñoz, Daniel
Alverson, William Surprison

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

254

Pages

41--59

Subjects

biological collections , Centinela , clado Malvatheca , colecciones biológicas , deforestación , deforestation , endemism , endemismo , extinción , extinction , Malvatheca clade , Matisieae , Matisioideae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.254.143106

 

Abstract

During floristic inventories in remnant cloud forests of the Centinela Ridge of the Chocó Region of Ecuador, where less than 7 km2 of forest patches remain across an area of approximately 500 km2, we recently collected a new species in the genus Phragmotheca Cuatrec. We describe and illustrate this new species and contrast its morphology with known congeneric species. Due to its small range, threatened habitat and active targeting by loggers, this species is assessed as Endangered under IUCN Criterion B1B2ab(I,ii,iii,v).