A new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae): first record of the genus for Colombia

Abstract. Microlicia (Melastomataceae) is a Neotropical genus nearly restricted to southeastern Brazil, and the Guiana Shield in Venezuela, with a few species in some places in the Andes of Bolivia and Peru. A new species of Microlicia endemic to the mountains of eastern Andes of Colombia is describ...

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Autores principales: Mendoza-Cifuentes, Humberto, Ariza, William, Granados, David E., Rosana Romero
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6548743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31182909
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.122.34171
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author Mendoza-Cifuentes, Humberto
Ariza, William
Granados, David E.
Rosana Romero,
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description Abstract. Microlicia (Melastomataceae) is a Neotropical genus nearly restricted to southeastern Brazil, and the Guiana Shield in Venezuela, with a few species in some places in the Andes of Bolivia and Peru. A new species of Microlicia endemic to the mountains of eastern Andes of Colombia is described and illustrated. Its affinities with other morphologically similar species from Venezuela are also documented. This novelty is the first record of the genus for Colombia and the northern Andes. It is argued that this disjunct distribution of the genus is attributable to the phenomenon of long-distance seed dispersal by wind.
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spelling pubmed-65487432019-06-10 A new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae): first record of the genus for Colombia Mendoza-Cifuentes, Humberto Ariza, William Granados, David E. Rosana Romero, PhytoKeys Research Article Abstract. Microlicia (Melastomataceae) is a Neotropical genus nearly restricted to southeastern Brazil, and the Guiana Shield in Venezuela, with a few species in some places in the Andes of Bolivia and Peru. A new species of Microlicia endemic to the mountains of eastern Andes of Colombia is described and illustrated. Its affinities with other morphologically similar species from Venezuela are also documented. This novelty is the first record of the genus for Colombia and the northern Andes. It is argued that this disjunct distribution of the genus is attributable to the phenomenon of long-distance seed dispersal by wind. Pensoft Publishers 2019-05-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6548743/ /pubmed/31182909 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.122.34171 Text en Humberto Mendoza-Cifuentes, William Ariza, David E. Granados, Rosana Romero http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ariza, William
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A new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae): first record of the genus for Colombia
title A new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae): first record of the genus for Colombia
title_full A new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae): first record of the genus for Colombia
title_fullStr A new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae): first record of the genus for Colombia
title_full_unstemmed A new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae): first record of the genus for Colombia
title_short A new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae): first record of the genus for Colombia
title_sort new species of microlicia (melastomataceae): first record of the genus for colombia
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6548743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31182909
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