Lachemilla jaramilloi and L. talamanquensis spp. nov. (Rosaceae) from Ecuador and Costa Rica

Katya Romoleroux, Diego F. Morales-Briones

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Abstract

Two new species of Lachemilla (Rosaceae) are described and illustrated. Lachemilla jaramilloi Romoleroux &Morales-Briones from Ecuador is characterized by its decumbent habit, villous-hirsute pubescence, long basal petiole, and deeply tri-parted leaf blades. The flowers are sessile to subsessile and subtended by episepals, and the hypanthia elongated and glabrescent. Lachemilla talamanquensis Romoleroux & Morales-Briones from Costa Rica is distinguished by its sericeous-villous, ascending branches, sub-sessile distal leaves, tri-lobed leaf blades, forming whorls with the stipule. The flowers are solitary or arranged in few-flowered inflorescences, with big, dark, villous hypanthia, containing several achenes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)732-736
Number of pages5
JournalNordic Journal of Botany
Volume30
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2012

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