A new species of Chalybea (Blakeeae, Melastomataceae) from the Ecuador-Peru border

Carmen Ulloa Ulloa; Darin S. Penneys; David A. Neill; Diana M. Fernandez

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.212.4.2

Issue: Vol. 212 No. 4: 9 June 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-06-09

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.212.4.2

Page range: 264–270

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**A new species of Chalybea (Blakeeae, Melastomataceae) from the Ecuador-Peru border**

Carmen Ulloa Ulloa⁺⁻
Darin S. Penneys⁺⁻
David A. Neill⁺⁻
Diana M. Fernandez⁺⁻

Investigador Prometeo, Herbario Nacional del Ecuador, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales-Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Quito, Ecuador Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166, U.S.A

Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington 601 S. College Rd. Wilmington, NC 28403, U.S.A

Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Herbario Amazónico del Ecuador ECUAMZ, Puyo, Pastaza, Ecuador

Herbario Nacional del Ecuador, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales-Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Av. Río Coca E6-115 e Isla Fernandina, Quito, Ecuador

Chalybea Melastomataceae Andes Cordillera del Cóndor endemic Ecuador Eudicots

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Abstract

A new species, Chalybea brevipedunculata, from the Ecuador-Peru border is herein described and illustrated. It differs from all other species in the genus by having inflorescence peduncles that are shorter than their subtending leaf petioles.