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long), with the sinuses and apices being acute (
<emphasis id="64BD835CFFDBFFB1CB23F99EFC284839" box="[535,562,1579,1600]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">vs.</emphasis>
acuminate), the longer corolla lobes (
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long
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long), externally black (
<emphasis id="64BD835CFFDBFFB1C9F1F9FAFEFA481D" box="[197,224,1615,1636]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="118">vs.</emphasis>
magenta), and the longer filaments (
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long
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long).
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Pendant epiphytic
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; axonomorphous roots with well-developed lignotubers, lignotubers subspherical to broadly fusiform, 10.525.6 ×
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in circumference.
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terete to subterete, glabrous, slightly arching, up to
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above the leaf node, compressed; bracts 23, long-triangular to subulate, 2.13.4 ×
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, acuminate at the apex, subtending the axillary bud.
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, dark green adaxially, paler abaxially, glabrous on both surfaces, slightly polished adaxially, centrally channeled, revolute, finely wrinkled, sometimes sub-bullate, base cuneate to shortly attenuate, extending down the petiole, apex obtuse or attenuate rarely acute, weakly plinerved with 23 pairs of secondary veins originating near the base, the midrib thickened and impressed in the proximal
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adaxially, rised and conspicuous abaxially, the secondary veins anostomose, plane adaxially and plane to weakly impressed abaxially, veinlets slightly raised, anostomose, reticulate adaxially.
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long,
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thick, puberulous; floral bracts very short, triangular, obtuse, puberulous, caducous, 1.51.9 ×
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thick, puberulous, recessed in the calyx; bracteoles 2, small, located below the middle and opposite, caducous, long-triangular to shortly-subulate, 1.82.6 ×
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, puberulous, apex acuminate, margins slightly undulate.
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5-merous, pendant; calyx 22.729.7 ×
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, puberulous, pink to brownish red with darker margins on the ribs and lobes, sometimes green at the hypanthium;
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widely obconic, truncate, 5-winged, 8.39.8 ×
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; limb open, spreading, 15.917.2 ×
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; lobes 5, ovate, 5.06.5 ×
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, surface faintly veined and rugose rarely provided with up to four circular black glands, margins microscopically repand and involute, the apices and sinuses acute.
<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBECC38FDFBFB784C11" box="[1292,1378,590,616]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">Corolla</emphasis>
thick-carnose, bistratose, cylindrical but narrowing distally, terete in cross-section,
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in diameter at the throat, pink or salmon colored, puberulous, polished;
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5, incurved at the base, slightly recurved to the apex, spreading, narrowly triangular, acuminate, 2830 ×
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10, nearly equaling the corolla in overall length, each pair unequal with each other,
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connate, sparsely pilose abaxially at thecae height,
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long, conspicuously papillose, tubules distinct, but seemingly connate near the proximal 2/3, glabrous,
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exserted,
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long, glabrous, green;
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truncated.
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBEC989FC03FFCB4DA8" bold="true" box="[189,465,950,977]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">Distribution and habitat</emphasis>
:—
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,
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.According to
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Baéz
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(2013)
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of forest of this area is classified as evergreen lower montane and premontane forest at the southeastern Cordillera of the Andes (BSBN02 &amp; BsPn04). The new species was found at elevations between
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locality shows a stratified forest containing trees and treelets covered in mosses and lichens (
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,
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). The local species componentry is composed of other ericads such as
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBECBEEFBDFFDA64AFD" box="[730,956,1130,1156]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">Anthopterus gentryi</emphasis>
Luteyn (1996: 390)
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,
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBECD83FBDEFBB64AFD" box="[1207,1452,1130,1157]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">Ceratostema pendens</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBEC8B6FB3AFC604AD1" box="[386,634,1166,1192]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">Disterigma utleyorum</emphasis>
Wilbur &amp; Luteyn
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(in
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) and
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBECDC2FB3BFBB14AD1" box="[1270,1451,1166,1192]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">Sphyrospermum</emphasis>
spp.
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, with local flora dominated by
<taxonomicName id="91C924CDFFD4FFBECB11FB07FA1C4AB5" authority="Wurdack (1979: 347)" authorityName="Wurdack" authorityPageNumber="347" authorityYear="1979" box="[549,1030,1202,1228]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Blakea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="8" pageNumber="119" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="subvaginata">
<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBECB11FB07FD1C4AB5" box="[549,774,1202,1228]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">Blakea subvaginata</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBECD21FB07FAE04AB5" box="[1045,1274,1202,1228]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">Cabralea canjerana</emphasis>
(
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)
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,
<taxonomicName id="91C924CDFFD4FFBEC887FB62FDA64A89" authority="Smith (1950: 360)" authorityName="Smith" authorityPageNumber="360" authorityYear="1950" box="[435,956,1238,1265]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Ceratostema" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="8" pageNumber="119" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="charianthum">
<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBEC887FB62FCC64A89" box="[435,732,1238,1265]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">Ceratostema charianthum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="325822BFFFD4FFBECBD3FB63FDA64A89" author="Smith, A. C." box="[743,956,1238,1265]" pageId="8" pageNumber="119" pagination="317 - 393" refId="ref7752" refString="Smith, A. C. (1950) Studies of South American plants, XII. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 29: 317 - 393." type="journal article" year="1950">Smith (1950: 360)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBECACDFB62FAB74A89" box="[1017,1197,1238,1264]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">Meriania neillii</emphasis>
Mendoza (2021: 85)
</taxonomicName>
. Another specimen was observed in flowers approximately
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north and
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east from the
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locality, and were vouchered with photographs shown in
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1ED30CC5FFD4FFBEC989FAF7FA6B4821" pageId="8" pageNumber="119" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="56765F4EFFD4FFBEC989FAF7FA6B4821" blockId="8.[136,1452,158,2057]" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">
<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBEC989FAF7FFD24B25" bold="true" box="[189,456,1346,1373]" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">
<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBEC989FAF7FFB94B24" bold="true" box="[189,419,1346,1373]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">Conservation status</emphasis>
:—
</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBEC8FCFAF6FCE04B25" box="[456,762,1346,1373]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">Ceratostema sieteiglesiana</emphasis>
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is known only from three locations which are near the Siete Iglesias Municipal Conservation Area (ACMSI), bordering the Runahurco Municipal Conservation Ecological Area (AECMR). Deforestation carried out for cattle pastures is acutely threatening the current habitat of the new species. Despite this, the authors believe
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBECB6AFA1AFD014BB1" box="[606,795,1454,1481]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">C. sieteiglesiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is protected because of its vicinity to the aforementioned municipal reserves, which are important nature preservation areas protected under local government treaties. Using the georeferenced material, the calculated extent of occurrence (EOO) for
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBECAE4FA42FA914869" box="[976,1163,1526,1553]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">C. sieteiglesiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is
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, with an area of occupancy (AOO) of
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. We recommend a conservation status of EN (Endangered) according to the criteria B2ab(i,ii) and C due to the very restricted area of occupancy of the species (IUCN 2022).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1ED30CC5FFD4FFBEC989F9D7FF994975" pageId="8" pageNumber="119" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="56765F4EFFD4FFBEC989F9D7FF994975" blockId="8.[136,1452,158,2057]" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">
<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBEC989F9D7FF474804" bold="true" box="[189,349,1634,1661]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">Etymology:—</emphasis>
The new species is named after the Municipal Conservation Ecological Area Siete Iglesias (AECMSI), which marks the
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locality of this rare species. This local reserve in southeastern
<collectingCountry id="2EDE1FDEFFD4FFBECDD8F933FB5348D9" box="[1260,1353,1670,1696]" name="Ecuador" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">Ecuador</collectingCountry>
protects fragile and threatened ecosystems and is additionally important as a major resource for watercourses and springs. Dedicating the species after this reserve will aid in its scientific impact, environmental education, recovery of degraded areas, and ecotourism.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="1ED30CC5FFD4FFBAC989F8A3FA83498A" lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="123" pageId="8" pageNumber="119" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="56765F4EFFD4FFBEC989F8A3FAD94671" blockId="8.[136,1452,158,2057]" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">
<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBEC989F8A3FFFA4949" bold="true" box="[189,480,1814,1841]" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">
<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBEC989F8A3FFA14948" bold="true" box="[189,443,1814,1841]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">Taxonomic discussion</emphasis>
:—
</emphasis>
Luteyn (1996) grouped the Ecuadorian species of
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBECD3CF8A2FA8D4948" box="[1032,1175,1815,1841]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">Ceratostema</emphasis>
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that share a combination of unique features including the not amplexicaul leaves, the five-winged hypanthium with a very conspicuous calyx limb, and the lobes with lengths of
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upwards. These traits apply to the following five species:
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBECDEFF8EAFB9E4901" box="[1243,1412,1886,1913]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">C. lanceolatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="91C924CDFFD4FFBECCA6F8EAFF1149E5" authorityName="Luteyn" authorityYear="1996" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Ceratostema" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="8" pageNumber="119" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="megalobum">
<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBECCA6F8EAFF1149E5" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">C. megalobum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="91C924CDFFD4FFBEC823F836FFAA49E5" authorityName="Luteyn" authorityYear="1996" box="[279,432,1922,1949]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Ceratostema" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="8" pageNumber="119" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="oellgaardii">
<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBEC823F836FFAA49E5" box="[279,432,1922,1949]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">C. oellgaardii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="91C924CDFFD4FFBEC889F836FC5249E5" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1952" baseAuthorityName="Sleumer" baseAuthorityYear="1941" box="[445,584,1922,1949]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Ceratostema" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="8" pageNumber="119" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="reginaldii">
<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBEC889F836FC5249E5" box="[445,584,1922,1949]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">C. reginaldii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the recently described
<taxonomicName id="91C924CDFFD4FFBECA45F836FAF449E5" authority="(Jimenez et al. 2021)" baseAuthorityName="Jimenez" baseAuthorityYear="2021" box="[881,1262,1922,1949]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Ceratostema" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="8" pageNumber="119" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="zamorana">
<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBECA45F836FA1A49E5" box="[881,1024,1923,1949]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">C. zamorana</emphasis>
(
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Jiménez
<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD4FFBECD5BF836FABF49E5" box="[1135,1189,1922,1948]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="119">et al.</emphasis>
2021
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)
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. The new species shares these defined traits, marking the sixth species belonging to this informal group. It is also worth considering that the axillary inflorescences and the small floral bracts and bracteoles are additionally common characters present in this morphological similar group, furthering a botanical relationship between the species in question.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD5FFBFC9BCF8E0FEE74913" bold="true" box="[136,253,1877,1899]" pageId="9" pageNumber="120">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
Lankester Composite Dissection Plate (LCDP) of
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. A. Habit. B. Flowering branch. C. Flower with a close-up of the indumentum of the corolla. D. Lobes of the calyx, abaxial and adaxial views. E. Flower without corolla and a close-up of the longitudinal section of the calyx and bracteole. F. Corolla (right) and its longitudinal section (left). G. Stamens with a close-up of the thecae and pores of the tubules. H. Mature fruit and transversal section showing the seeds. Elaborated by Henry X. Garzón-Suárez based on photographs of the type.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="56765F4EFFD6FFBCC9BCF814FA094987" blockId="10.[136,1452,1953,2047]" pageId="10" pageNumber="121">
<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD6FFBCC9BCF814FEE749CF" bold="true" box="[136,253,1953,1975]" pageId="10" pageNumber="121">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
Line drawing of
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD6FFBCC897F814FCB249CF" box="[419,680,1953,1974]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="121">Ceratostema sieteiglesiana</emphasis>
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. A. Habit with a close-up of the axillary bud. B. Flower. C. Longitudinal section of the corolla showing the stamens. D. Longitudinal section of the calyx showing the calyx and pistil. E. Stamens, dorsal (leftmost), ventral (middle) and lateral (rightmost) views. Drawing by Leisberth Vélez-Abarca based on the type.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD7FFBDC9BCF8E0FF1A4913" bold="true" box="[136,256,1877,1899]" pageId="11" pageNumber="122">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
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. A. Habitat. B. Flowering branch. C., D. Inflorescences. A, B, D. Photographs by H. Garzón-Suárez. C. Photograph by Daysy Vera.
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seems to be most similar to
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.
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(
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), a species restricted to the premontane forests of Zamora, a town in the southeast of
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. These two species are related by the glabrous, weakly plinerved leaves, with 35 pairs of secondary veins; the few-flowered inflorescences; the bracteoles located below the middle of the pedicel; the calyx limb remaining open with spreading ovate and acute lobes; and the cylindrical corolla. The corolla lobes of both species are narrowly triangular, acuminate at the apex, and internally black; with the staminal filaments being connate and the style exserted. The new species can be distinguished from
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by the lanceolate leaves (
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ovate-lanceolate), the pink or salmon floral parts (
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purplish brown and magenta), the subverrucose pedicels (
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striate), the longer calyx (
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long vs.
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long), the broadly obconic hypanthium (
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long). Additionally, the corolla lobes of the new species are markedly incurved (
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spreading) (
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Jiménez
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2021
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).
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD0FFBAC9BCF999FEE74838" bold="true" box="[136,253,1580,1602]" pageId="12" pageNumber="123">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
Species of
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with similar flowers. A.
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. B.
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.
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C.
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD0FFBACDABF998FB31483B" box="[1183,1323,1581,1602]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="123">C. megalobum</emphasis>
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. A. by Henry Garzón-Suárez. B. by Marco M. Jiménez. C. by G. Lewis.
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD0FFBAC989F920FFF548D6" box="[189,495,1685,1711]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="123">Ceratostema sieteiglesiana</emphasis>
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is also similar to
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFD0FFBACB8FF920FD7A48D6" box="[699,864,1685,1711]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="123">C. megalobum</emphasis>
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(
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), a species endemic to the outskirts of
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, in southern-central
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. The two species share the glabrous, lanceolate leaves, the very shortly-pedunculate inflorescences, and the large calyx lobes;
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differs by the plinerved leaves (
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pinnately veined), the puberulous floral parts which are mostly pink or salmon colored (
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glabrous and red colored), the broadly obconic hypanthium (
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somewhat campanulate), the spreading, ovate calyx lobes (
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erect-spreading, long-triangular), and the acute apex (
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acuminate to incurved). The corolla of the new species is slightly longer (
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long
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long
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long), narrowly triangular-acuminate apices (
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triangular), brownish-black in color, both externally and internally (
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paler red outside and whitish inside), and the staminal filaments being connate (
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distinct) (Luteyn 1996). A summary comparing the principal morphological differences between
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and the other mentioned species is provided in
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1.
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M.M.Jiménez &amp; H.Garzón
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The new species is most similar to
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Erect epiphytic
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; limb open, spreading, 18.019.9 ×
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; lobes 4, ovate, 5.77.5 ×
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in diameter at the base and
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in diameter at mouth, pink or salmon colored with white pubescence;
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, black with the tip glabrous, internally black, polished, channeled, subverrucose and puberulous.
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long, connate, white to the base and apex, pinkish around the middle, with very few hairs to densely pilose towards the junction with thecae;
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long overall,
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much shorter than the tubules,
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long, conspicuously papillose;
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distinct, but seemingly connate near the proximal 5/6, glabrous,
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long, dehiscing by terminal pores
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as long as the corolla, 4.85.0 cm long, glabrous, pale green with the tip pink-black; stigma truncated.
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baccate, puberulent, 3.0 ×
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in diameter, greenish-yellow when ripe, a tetragonal pyramid with the base pinacoid and the persistent calyx lobes to the apex.
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFDEFFB4C989FDC7FFC84CF4" bold="true" box="[189,466,626,653]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Distribution and habitat</emphasis>
:—
</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFDEFFB4C8CCFDC6FD1F4CF5" box="[504,773,626,653]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Ceratostema jorgebritoi</emphasis>
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was found in the canton of Gualaquiza, province of
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, southeastern
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. Additional specimens were observed
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south and
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southeast of the
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specimen and were vouchered with photographs. The new species is known from the eastern Andean foothills at altitudes of
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, where it grows both in primary forests and disturbed secondary areas (
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,
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). Within its natural habitat, it has been found on tree branches near the canopy, while in pastures the species is restricted to relict trees.
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is mainly founded growing on
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Ruiz &amp; Pavón (1792: 72)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFDEFFB4CC39FC93FF004D1D" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Beilschmiedia costaricensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Mez &amp; Pittier in
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)
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,
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFDEFFB4CA55FCFFFA3F4D1D" box="[865,1061,842,868]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Cedrela nebulosa</emphasis>
Pennington &amp; Daza
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(in
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) (
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),
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFDEFFB4CB34FCDAFC474DF1" box="[512,605,879,904]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Miconia</emphasis>
sp.
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,
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFDEFFB4CBA0FCDBFD924DF1" box="[660,904,878,904]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Micropholis venulosa</emphasis>
(
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)
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,
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFDEFFB4C9BCFC26FEC64DD4" box="[136,220,915,941]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Sapium</emphasis>
sp.
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, and
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFDEFFB4C874FC26FFE74DD5" box="[320,509,914,940]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Vismia baccifera</emphasis>
(Linneaus 1771: 277) Triana &amp; Planchon
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(in Milne-Edwards
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1862: 300).
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFDEFFB4C989FC03FCBE4DA9" bold="true" box="[189,676,950,977]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">
<emphasis id="64BD835CFFDEFFB4C989FC03FFBE4DA8" bold="true" box="[189,420,950,977]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Conservation status</emphasis>
:—EN (Endangered).
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The three localities of
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFDEFFB4CA85FC02FADB4DA9" box="[945,1217,950,977]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Ceratostema jorgebritoi</emphasis>
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are located near the buffer zone of the Runahurco Municipal Conservation Ecological Area (AECMR) (
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). The new species is restricted to the forests of the eastern foothills of the southeastern Andes which are threatened by deforestation carried out for cattle pastures (
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). Despite this, we assume
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is protected due to its near presence to the AECMR, a protected buffer zone of consistent and stable habitats. Applying conservation analysis using the georeferenced collections, the calculated extent of occurrence (EOO) for
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is
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, with an area of occupancy (AOO) of
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. We recommend a conservation status of EN (Endangered) according to the criteria B2ab(i,ii) and C due to the species having a very restricted distribution with very few individuals found (IUCN 2022).
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFDEFFB4C989FB62FF4A4A88" bold="true" box="[189,336,1239,1265]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Eponymy:—</emphasis>
This species is dedicated to Jorge Brito-Molina from Gualaquiza,
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in
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. Jorge is a biologist who has significantly contributed to the scientific knowledge of amphibians and terrestrial micromammals found in the southeastern regions of
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.
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFDEFFB4C989FAF7FFA54B25" bold="true" box="[189,447,1346,1372]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Taxonomic discussion</emphasis>
:—
</emphasis>
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is distinguished from its nearest related species by a unique combination of morphological traits. First of all, the petiolate and plinerved leaves are spiral to subsecundly arranged, making a distinct diagnostic characteristic even when plants are sterile, considering all other members of
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFDEFFB4CC28FA3EFBB14BDC" box="[1308,1451,1419,1445]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Ceratostema</emphasis>
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with distichous leaves. In flower, the large floral bracts and bracteoles, subtending its tetramerous pubescent flowers, make for another distinct difference from its most similar species, which often have smaller, glabrous flowers. Tetramerous flowers are also known in
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<emphasis id="64BD835CFFDEFFB4CB62FA42FD7B4869" box="[598,865,1526,1553]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Ceratostema flexuosum</emphasis>
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, which differs in its distichous leaf arrangement and glabrous flowers (
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). Reporting on the character of inflorescence in the Ecuadorian
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is useful for species identification, and the authors would like to encourage future research to include this diagnostic trait (Luteyn 1996,
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,
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).
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Other differences between
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and
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are the cordate to subcordate (
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cuneate to attenuate) base of the flower, the narrowly triangular to acuminate (
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lanceolate, long-acuminate) corolla lobes with subobtuse (
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obtusely short-acuminate) apices and the shorter stamens (4.0
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long). The bracteoles are much longer (
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long), long-acuminate to lanceolate (
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just below the middle) (Luteyn 1996).
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<paragraph id="56765F4EFFDEFFB4C989F8EBFD7049E5" blockId="2.[136,1452,158,1949]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">
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Additional specimens examined (
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):—
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173
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