Two new species of Gurania (Cucurbitaceae) from South America

GÉSSICA A. GOMES-COSTA; MICHAEL H. NEE; MARIA REGINA DE V. BARBOSA

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.208.4.5

Issue: Vol. 208 No. 4: 25 May 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-05-25

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.208.4.5

Page range: 296-300

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**Two new species of Gurania (Cucurbitaceae) from South America**

GÉSSICA A. GOMES-COSTA⁺⁻
MICHAEL H. NEE⁺⁻
MARIA REGINA DE V. BARBOSA⁺⁻

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Profº. Moraes Rego s/n, Cidade Universitária, 50670-901, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Research Associate, Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299. U.S.A

Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Caixa Postal 5065, Cidade Universitária, 58051-970, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil

Colombia Ecuador lianas Brazil Eudicots

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Abstract

During the analysis of European and American herbaria collections for a taxonomic review of the Brazilian species of Gurania, two new South American species were found. Gurania jeffreyi occurs in Ecuador and Colombia and Gurania calathina is found only in Colombia. Descriptions and illustrations of the new species are presented with comments on affinities and differences between them and related species.