Glossolomawiehleri (Gesneriaceae), a new species from the northwestern Andes of Ecuador

A new species of Glossoloma is described from the western Andean slopes of the Pichincha Province in northern Ecuador. Glossolomawiehleri J.L.Clark & Tobar is differentiated from all other congeners by an epiphytic habit, elongate scandent shoots that exceed four meters in length, and coriaceous...

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Autores principales: Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8648683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34949954
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.186.73554
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description A new species of Glossoloma is described from the western Andean slopes of the Pichincha Province in northern Ecuador. Glossolomawiehleri J.L.Clark & Tobar is differentiated from all other congeners by an epiphytic habit, elongate scandent shoots that exceed four meters in length, and coriaceous leaves with a velutinous indument on the lower leaf surface. The new species is illustrated, featured with field images from recent expeditions, and assigned the category of Endangered (EN) according to IUCN Criteria.
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spelling pubmed-86486832021-12-22 Glossolomawiehleri (Gesneriaceae), a new species from the northwestern Andes of Ecuador Clark, John L. Tobar, Francisco PhytoKeys Research Article A new species of Glossoloma is described from the western Andean slopes of the Pichincha Province in northern Ecuador. Glossolomawiehleri J.L.Clark & Tobar is differentiated from all other congeners by an epiphytic habit, elongate scandent shoots that exceed four meters in length, and coriaceous leaves with a velutinous indument on the lower leaf surface. The new species is illustrated, featured with field images from recent expeditions, and assigned the category of Endangered (EN) according to IUCN Criteria. Pensoft Publishers 2021-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8648683/ /pubmed/34949954 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.186.73554 Text en John L. Clark, Francisco Tobar https://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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Glossolomawiehleri (Gesneriaceae), a new species from the northwestern Andes of Ecuador
title Glossolomawiehleri (Gesneriaceae), a new species from the northwestern Andes of Ecuador
title_full Glossolomawiehleri (Gesneriaceae), a new species from the northwestern Andes of Ecuador
title_fullStr Glossolomawiehleri (Gesneriaceae), a new species from the northwestern Andes of Ecuador
title_full_unstemmed Glossolomawiehleri (Gesneriaceae), a new species from the northwestern Andes of Ecuador
title_short Glossolomawiehleri (Gesneriaceae), a new species from the northwestern Andes of Ecuador
title_sort glossolomawiehleri (gesneriaceae), a new species from the northwestern andes of ecuador
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8648683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34949954
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.186.73554
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