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| Handroanthus abayoy Villarroel & G.A.Parada, inVillarroel, Parada, Martinez-Ugarteche & Klitgaard, 2022. |
Abstract
Handroanthus abayoy is a new species endemic to the southern region of the department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Morphologically the most similar species to H. abayoy is H. selachidentatus, both species are part of Tabebuia group II according to the classification proposed by Grose & Olmstead (2007). However, the two species have a different geographic distribution, and at least 15 morphological characteristics, both vegetative and reproductive, that distinguish one from the other.
Keywords: abayoy, Cerrado, Eudicots
Handroanthus abayoy Villarroel & G.A.Parada, sp. nov.
Etymology:— The specific epithet “abayoy” refers to the main type of vegetation where the species lives, the abayoy, a word from the Bésiro language that means dwarf forest. This type of vegetation has a series of biotic and abiotic characteristics that differentiate it from the Pantantal, the Chaco and the Chiquitano Dry Forest; being, biophysically more similar to the Cerrado ( Ibisch et al. 2003, Navarro 2011, Villarroel et al. 2016).
Daniel Villarroel, G. Alexander Parada, Maira T. Martinez-Ugarteche and Bente B. Klitgaard. 2022. Handroanthus abayoy, A New Species of Bignoniaceae endemic from Bolivia. Phytotaxa. 547(1); 97-104. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.547.1.9
