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| Burmeistera quimiensis Mashburn & Á.J.Pérez, in Mashburn, Pérez, Persson, Zapata, Cevallos et Muchhala, 2020. |
Abstract
A new taxon belonging to the genus Burmeistera (Campanulaceae, Lobelioideae) is described from El Quimi Biological Reserve in Morona Santiago Province, southeast Ecuador. Burmeistera quimiensis is characterized by its red-violet stems and veins, spiral phyllotaxy, bullate, ascending leaves with a revolute margin, puberulous abaxial leaf surface, cupuliform hypanthia, and thick-walled white to red-violet fruits with reflexed pedicels. Photos of the new species are given, as well as a distribution map of known collection localities, and its relationships with other species are discussed.
Keywords: Andean tepuy, biodiversity, elfin forest, Girón-Paute Valley, Hollín Formation, taxonomy, Eudicots
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| Burmeistera quimiensis Mashburn & Á.J.Pérez, sp. nov. A. View of adaxial leaf surface and erect flowers. B. Lateral view of a flower in male stage with pollen load at anther tube orifice. C. Ventral view of a flower in male stage with pollen load at anther tube orifice. D. View of red-violet veins on abaxial leaf surface and red-violet fruits. E. View of white fruits and reflexed position of the fruits. A, B, D, E from AP 11518, C from AP 11442. Photographs by Álvaro J. Pérez. |
Burmeistera quimiensis Mashburn & Á.J.Pérez, sp. nov.
Brock Mashburn, Álvaro J. Pérez, Claes Persson, Nicolás Zapata, Daniela Cevallos and Nathan Muchhala. 2020. Burmeistera quimiensis (Lobelioideae, Campanulaceae): A New Species from the Cordillera del Cóndor Range in southeast Ecuador. Phytotaxa. 433(1); 67–74. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.433.1.7
