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Issue: Vol. 409 No. 2: 9 July 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-07-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.409.2.2
Page range: 66–70
Abstract views: 21
PDF downloaded: 1

Sphyrospermum grandiflorum (Ericaceae: Vaccinieae): a new epiphytic shrub from south eastern Ecuador

Herbario GUAY Facultad de Ciencias Naturales Universidad de Guayaquil Avenida. Juan Tanca Marengo s/n y Avenida de las Aguas Casilla 09-01-10634 Guayaquil Ecuador
The New York Botanical Garden. Institute of Systematic Botany, 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10458-5126, USA.
Ericaceae Sphyrospermum Ecuador endemic Eudicots

Abstract

A new morphologically distinct species of Ericaceae (Vaccinieae) is here described and illustrated. Sphyrospermum grandiflorum, is an epiphytic shrub endemic to the environs of Cordillera del Cóndor, in southeastern Ecuador. It is characterized by its large yellow flowers.