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| Viola ornata & Viola longibracteolata in Gonzáles, Montesinos-Tubée, Watson, Cano, Trinidad, Navarro, Jans, Sheader, Ballard & Flores, 2022. |
Abstract
Two high Andean taxa from South Peru, Viola ornata and Viola longibracteolata, are described and illustrated. During a series of ecotourism and botanical expeditions in the Moquegua and Arequipa regions, four populations of V. ornata and one population of V. longibracteolata were discovered. Both species are compared with morphologically similar species of subg. Neoandinium. Their resemblances and differences are discussed, including by means of a key. We have determined the potential IUCN status of both new species as Critically Endangered (CR).
Keywords: Andes, chorology, dispersal, mine development, narrow endemic, rare, Viola, vulnerable, Eudicots
Viola ornata
Viola longibracteolata
Paúl Gonzáles, Daniel B. Montesinos-Tubée, John M. Watson, Asunción Cano, Huber Trinidad, Eduardo Navarro, Harry Jans, Martin Sheader, Harvey E. Ballard and Ana R. Flores. 2022. Viola ornata and Viola longibracteolata (Violaceae, subgen. Neoandinium), Two Rare, New Rosulate Species from southern Peru. Phytotaxa. 571(1); 52-64. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.571.1.4
