Valeriana praecipitis (Caprifoliaceae), a species new to science and endemic to Central Chile

By

Villarroel, Alejandro E.
Menegoz, Kora
Le Quesne, Carlos
Moreno-González, Ricardo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-2-4

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

189

Pages

81--98

Subjects

Andes , Biodiversity , cliffs flora , Ñuble Region , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.189.73959

 

Abstract

The speciesValeriana praecipitis(Caprifoliaceae), new to science and endemic to the Ñuble Region, Central Chile, is formally described. Morphological data support its placement in a new species, clearly different fromV. philippiana. A detailed description, insights about its habitat and ecology, distribution map and illustration are provided. A table of comparison is also given with the morphological characters discriminatingV. praecipitisfromV. philippiana. The species is assessed as Endangered (EN) under the IUCN categories.