A new endemic Magnolia species (M. sect. Talauma, Magnoliaceae) from the southwestern montane forest remnants of Ecuador

Álvaro J. Pérez; Edison Rea; Kevin S. Burgess; Patricio Mena-Olmedo; Leovigildo Cabrera; José León; J. Antonio Vázquez-García

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.592.2.5

A new endemic Magnolia species (M. sect. Talauma, Magnoliaceae) from the southwestern montane forest remnants of Ecuador

Álvaro J. Pérez^*, Edison Rea, Kevin S. Burgess, Patricio Mena-Olmedo, Leovigildo Cabrera, José León, J. Antonio Vázquez-García

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Abstract

Magnolia buenaventurensis is described from the upper Buenaventura Reserve in El Oro Province, south-west Ecuador. This species is characterised by its glabrous features, long stipular scars, obovate-elliptic leaves, 8-10 cm in diameter flowers with 8 petals, 50-53 stamens, 12-15 carpels and ellipsoid fruits. Photographs of the new species and a distribution map are provided. Relationships with other species are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	119-126
Number of pages	8
Journal	Phytotaxa
Volume	592
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.592.2.5
State	Published - 2023

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Funding

Ministerio del Ambiente, Agua y Transición Ecológica del Ecuador issued permit MAE-ARSFC-2020-0473. The Jocotoco Foundation supported logistics and fieldwork. We thank Amado de la Cruz, Jorge Zambrano, Diego Cabrera and Leonardo Aguilar Jocotoco park rangers, for field assistance.

Funders	Funder number
Ministerio del Ambiente	MAE-ARSFC-2020-0473
Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco

Keywords

Andean floristics
El Oro
Jocotoco Foundation
Neotropical taxonomy
Talauma

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A new endemic Magnolia species (M. sect. Talauma, Magnoliaceae) from the southwestern montane forest remnants of Ecuador

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