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Issue: Vol. 434 No. 2: 26 February 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-02-26
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.434.2.4
Page range: 183–194
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Protium (Burseraceae) from the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Programa de Pós–graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Botânica), Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, Manaus, AM 69060-001, Brazil
The New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY 10458-5126, USA
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Programa de Pós–graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Botânica), Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, Manaus, AM 69060-001, Brazil
Department of Integrative Biology, University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Biodiversity Neotropics Protieae taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Protium santamariae is described and illustrated. The new species is restricted to the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica but shares morphological similarities with two South American species, P. kleinii and P. krukoffii. We provide a description, a distribution map, notes on its taxonomy, and a key to distinguish it from morphologically similar species.