Valerianapraecipitis (Caprifoliaceae), a species new to science and endemic to Central Chile

The species Valerianapraecipitis (Caprifoliaceae), new to science and endemic to the Ñuble Region, Central Chile, is formally described. Morphological data support its placement in a new species, clearly different from V.philippiana. A detailed description, insights about its habitat and ecology, di...

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Autores principales: Villarroel, Alejandro E., Menegoz, Kora, Quesne, Carlos Le, Moreno-Gonzalez, Ricardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2022
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8837557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35169385
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.189.73959
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Sumario:The species Valerianapraecipitis (Caprifoliaceae), new to science and endemic to the Ñuble Region, Central Chile, is formally described. Morphological data support its placement in a new species, clearly different from V.philippiana. A detailed description, insights about its habitat and ecology, distribution map and illustration are provided. A table of comparison is also given with the morphological characters discriminating V.praecipitis from V.philippiana. The species is assessed as Endangered (EN) under the IUCN categories.

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