New species of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae) from Ecuador

Andrea F. Vallejo; Álvaro J. Pérez; Daniela Cevallos; Nathan Muchhala

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.362.3.2

New species of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae) from Ecuador

Andrea F. Vallejo, Álvaro J. Pérez, Daniela Cevallos, Nathan Muchhala

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Abstract

Two new species of Burmeistera endemic to Ecuador are described and their relationship with other species are discussed. Burmeistera pterifolia has an extremely narrow distribution on the northwestern foothills of the Andes in the Pichincha province, and it is easily differentiated from its congeners by its pinnatilobate leaf margin and large calyx lobes. The second species, Burmeistera draconis, is recorded from the Zamora Chinchipe province. It is distinctive in possessing an irregularly bidentate leaf margin and cylindrical inflated fruits with short calyx lobes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	263-270
Number of pages	8
Journal	Phytotaxa
Volume	362
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.362.3.2
State	Published - 31 Jul 2018

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The authors thank the Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco for logistical support and access to the Reserva Tapichalaca, as well as the staff of the Santa Lucia Cloud Forest Reserve, and D. Proaño, D. Serrano, G. Gilbert, N. Zapata, W. Santillán for assistance in the field. Fieldwork was approved by the Ministry of the Environment of Ecuador (005-14-IC-FLO-DNB/MA, 006-IC-FAU/FLO-DPZCH/MA, 005-2016-IC-FAU-DPAP-MA). Financial assistance was provided by the National Geographic Society (Grant # 8722-09), the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador through the project “Fortalecimiento de la colección del Herbario QCA mediante inventarios botánicos en áreas de vacío de información florística” (K 13056), Ecobecas (EcoCiencia), and the Secretaría de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación de la República del Ecuador (SENESCYT, Arca de Noé Initiative; S. R. Ron and O. Torres-Carvajal Principal Investigators). We thanks to the editor and two anonymous reviewers for their comments.

Funders	Funder number
National Geographic Society	8722-09
Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco
Secretaría de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación

Keywords

Andes
Burmeistera
Campanulaceae
Ecuador
New species
Taxonomy

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New species of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae) from Ecuador

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