An updated checklist of Araceae, Leguminosae and Myrtaceae of the department of Boyacá, Colombia, including keys to genera and new occurrence records Author Lucas, Eve J. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW 9 3 AE, UK Author Haigh, Anna L. 0000-0003-3435-3501 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW 9 3 AE, UK & a. haigh @ kew. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3435 - 3501 a.haigh@kew.org Author Castellanos, Cesar 0000-0002-1425-7558 Grupo de Investigaciones GEASID, Fundación Universitaria de San Gil, UNISANGIL, San Gil, Colombia & cesarcas 1 a @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1425 - 7558 cesarcas1a@gmail.com Author Aguilar-Cano, José 0000-0002-1425-7558 Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt & jose. aguilarcano @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1425 - 7558 jose.aguilarcano@gmail.com Author Biggs, Nicola 0000-0001-8528-6607 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW 9 3 AE, UK & n. biggs @ kew. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8528 - 6607 n.biggs@kew.org Author Castellanos, Carolina C. 0000-0002-5552-2506 Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt & ccastellanos @ humboldt. org. co; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5552 - 2506 ccastellanos@humboldt.org.co Author Fabriani, Federico 0000-0002-5844-7484 Department of Biology, Systematic and Evolutionary Botany lab, Ghent University, K. 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Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000, Ghent, Belgium & federico. fabriani @ UGent. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5844 - 7484 Author Frisby, Susan 0000-0002-4259-4092 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW 9 3 AE, UK & s. frisby @ kew. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4259 - 4092 s.frisby@kew.org Author García, Lina 0000-0002-0278-0982 lgarcia @ humboldt. org. co; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0278 - 0982 lgarcia@humboldt.org.co Author Klitgård, Bente B. 0000-0002-8509-0556 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW 9 3 AE, UK & b. klitgaard @ kew. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8509 - 0556 b.klitgaard@kew.org Author Morales-Puentes, Maria Eugenia 0000-0002-5332-9956 Grupo Sistemática Biológica, Herbario UPTC, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja, Colombia & maria. morales @ uptc. edu. co; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5332 - 9956 maria.morales@uptc.edu.co Author Parra-O, Carlos 0000-0002-9807-4619 Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia & caparrao @ unal. edu. co; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9807 - 4619 caparrao@unal.edu.co Author Perezescobar, Oscar Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW 9 3 AE, UK Author Zuluaga, Alejandro Departamento de Biología, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia Author Lewis, Gwilym P. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW 9 3 AE, UK text Phytotaxa 2023 2023-03-23 589 2 137 178 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.589.2.4 journal article 236698 10.11646/phytotaxa.589.2.4 1f54600f-bd9e-4075-a8ad-1482611ea93a 1179-3163 7762400 Key to the Genera of Myrtaceae of Boyacá The following key is heavily based on the works of Lucas et al. , (submitted) and Landrum and Kawasaki (1997); Myrteola and Ugni are distinguished using characters presented in Landrum (1988) . 1a. Fruits fleshy, adult leaves opposite..................................................................................................................................................... 2 2a. Stamens folded in the bud, testa membranous, cotyledons leafy and folded with hypocotyl encircling the cotyledons or swollen and starchy, hypocotyl reduced ................................................................................................................................................................. 3 3a. Flowers c. 10 mm diameter, in terminal or sub-terminal fascicles, stamens white or pink, fruits more than 15 mm diameter, strongly fragrant, cotyledons free, white or cream, enlarged and homogenous, hypocotyl not evident ............................................ Syzygium 3b. Flowers less than 7 mm diameter, in sub-terminal or axillary panicles, stamens white, fruits less than 12 mm diameter, not markedly fragrant, cotyledons green, free, leafy and folded, surrounded by the hypocotyl .................................................................... Myrcia 2b. Stamens straight in the bud, testa membranous or bony, cotyledons swollen and starchy or free and c-shaped or greatly reduced, never leafy and folded, hypocotyl never encircling the cotyledons ................................................................................................... 4 4a. Shrubs exclusive to altitudes over 1,600 m ., calyx lobes acutely pointed, leaves less than 2 cm long; flowers solitary; cotyledons and hypocotyl of about equal length .................................................................................................................................................. 5 5a. Flowers erect; stamens exserted, anthers sub-globose, not glandular, as long as the filaments; placentation biseriate ....... Myrteola 5b. Flowers hanging; stamens included, anthers sagittate, glandular, as long as or shorter than the filaments; placentation usually multiseriate .................................................................................................................................................................................. Ugni 4b. Shrubs or trees of any altitude, calyx lobes usually ovate, leaves longer than 2 cm ; inflorescence cymose, sometimes compound, racemose or flowers solitary............................................................................................................................................................... 6 6a. Flowers 4-merous, seed testa membranaceous, cotyledons swollen and starchy, hypocotyl reduced, usually fewer than 3 seeds per fruit; ovules emerging from the septum from a central placenta........................................................................................................ 7 7a. Individuals usually from altitudes over 1,400 m , flowers solitary or inflorescence of simple or complex dichasia, cotyledons swollen and homogenous, free ........................................................................................................................................ Myrcianthes 7b. Individuals from any altitude, flowers solitary, in fascicles or racemes, cotyledons swollen and homogenous, fused......... Eugenia 6b. Flowers (4)5-merous; seed testa bony; usually many seeds per fruit; placentation various but not emerging from a central placenta............................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 8a. Flowers 4 or 5-merous, calyx lobes not extended, style capitate, locules 1–5(-18), placentation usually in one or more series along an often-well-developed placenta, seeds numerous ........................................................................................................................... 9 9a. Petals and stamens white, mature fruits globose, as long as wide, often yellow or purple, not densely covered in lanate trichomes .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 10a. Leaves with widely looping lateral veins and no clear marginal vein, flowers with free calyx lobes, testa membranous or cartilaginous, .............................................................................................................................................................. Campomanesia 10b. Leaves usually with a distinct marginal vein, flowers with free or and tearing calyx lobes, testa bony................................ Psidium 9b. Petals and stamens red, mature fruits green, twice as long as wide, covered in white, lanate trichomes ................................... Acca 8b. Flowers 5-merous, calyx lobes with long apical leafy appendages, style simple, locules 2–6, placentation usually around a protruding, peltate placenta, seeds usually fewer than 10 ................................................................................................. Calycolpus 1b. Fruits capsular, adult leaves alternate or whorled to sub-opposite................................................................................................... 11 11a. Leaves distinctly whorled, linear, needle-shaped, calyx and corolla free. ......................................................................... Melaleuca 11b. Leaves lanceolate, more than 6 cm long and 1 cm wide, calyx and corolla fused into an operculum that is dehiscent at anthesis 12 12a. Inflorescence in compound corymbs, stamens red.............................................................................................................. Corymbia 12b. Inflorescence in simple corymbs, stamens white .............................................................................................................. Eucalyptus Checklist of the Myrtaceae of Boyacá ( Table 6 ) New record for Boyacá For the Myrtaceae 10 new species records are registered for Boyacá , none are endemic to the department. New species records: Acca sellowiana , Calycolpus moritzianus , Corymbia ficifolia , Eucalyptus resinifera , Eugenia coffeifolia , E. linaresii , E. punicifolia , Myrcia bracteata , M. paivae , Myrcianthes rhopaloides .